ATHEISM IN THE PHILIPPINES (IS IT GOOD OR BAD?) SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT IN COMMUNICATION ARTS 2: Aguilar‚ Lenard Neil Cruz‚ Kevin Ibarra‚ Al Daniel ABSTRACT The purposed of this study was to access the relationship between Atheist and Christian. Our goal is to clarify the meaning of atheism‚ and its impact in Filipino Christian community We choose this topic to inform us about atheism‚ its effect in the Christian community. To know the possible reason why they choose to become
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Atheism Since the world becomes modernized‚ science and technology have also become a new major part of human’s lives and have created new theories and essential evidence that make a large number of the world’s population turning their backs from religions‚ and become atheists. Atheism is the forsaking of belief in terms of the existence of god‚ or believing in no god (“Atheism‚” 2013). The word originated from the Greek word ‘Atheos’‚ which means without god or gods. To atheists‚ all children are
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Atheism What is Atheism? Where did it come from? Who was the first to mention it in the public? All these and other questions arouse in my head only after the greater and more meaningful question: is there a GOD? Or if we paraphrase it and cite the famous rock group Pink Floyd “Is there anybody out there?” (1) This issue has dominated among my other thoughts in my head for my whole lifetime and maybe that was the reason why I chose to write about atheism. Yes‚ precisely about atheism‚ the idea
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After a long period of reflection‚ I came to this. Christianity is not for me. Although the idea of a religion that keeps people with good morals is great‚ I have noticed many contradictions both in the bible and the community itself. The list is long and unyielding‚ poking holes in the concept of Christ‚ heaven‚ hell‚ purgatory‚ and god. As i was sitting in church during Alpha‚ a particular line caught my attention. "God is merciful..." In the bible‚ God’s total kill count is 2‚476‚633‚ while that
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The argument of the existence of evil states that if God exists then he knows how to‚ wants to‚ and is able to prevent all suffering. If such a God existed‚ though‚ then we would expect him to prevent all suffering. Suffering‚ though‚ is a familiar part of the world around us; it has not been prevented. There is‚ therefore‚ the argument concludes‚ no such God. The question of omnipotence is posed as a paradox‚ which asks‚ “can God create a stone so heavy that he cannot lift it?” If he can create
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devotedly practiced worldwide. Although unique in their own respective way‚ all of these belief systems share the common ground of being classified as religions. Contrarily‚ Atheism (although it possesses the “ism”) is often disregarded as a religion due to a variety of reasons. Not only does majority of the public disregard Atheism as a religion‚ but also refuse to accept it as an ideology‚ philosophy‚
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Sunday 14th October 2012 “Religion has responded successfully to the challenge of atheism “15 marks. Religion has responded successfully and unsuccessfully to the challenge of atheism as there have a number of ideas that have developed over the years that could potentially overthrow many religious believers. Two of these reasons are due to science and empirism. Religions response to science has been widely assessed however both religion and science have agreed that nothing from the challenge
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Atheism One who disbelieves or denies the existence of God or gods is the definition for Atheism. Atheism has been around since the beginning of time but the word came into play around the early 1600’s. Atheism has caused fights throughout time because of their beliefs that there is no god. In early Ancient Greek‚ the adjective atheos meant "without god" according to www.ancientgreece.com. Atheists live as if there are no gods and explain natural phenomena without resorting to the divine.
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The Rise Of Atheism In todays society there is a rise in Atheism which could be due to the exposure we have to information that could oppose the existence of God. Atheism is the theory or belief that God does not exist and can be expressed in different ways. For instance‚ intellectual atheists would offer some intellectual arguments as to why God doesn’t exist non-intellectual atheists could be atheists because of the way they were brought up and educated‚ also the beliefs of their culture and
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“Atheism is defined as the denial of God’s existence‚ the gradual exclusion of God from all aspects of culture‚ and the establishment of a materialistic lifestyle” (Hill‚ 16). Most of us are familiar with the atheism that had its roots in the Enlightenment and fully grew out in the nineteenth century. “In the ancient times atheism seems to refer more to heretical views of God than to the denial of God’s existence. The atheist was the one who disagreed with the conventional wisdom about the divinity
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