Atheism

WORLD RELIGIONSWORLD RELIGIONS

LESSON ONE

Atheism

Famous Atheists

Atheism

Carl SaganCarl SaganAcademic, Astronomer, ScientistAcademic, Astronomer, Scientist

It is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.-- Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World

Neil DeGrasse TysonNeil DeGrasse TysonAstrophysicist, CosmologistAstrophysicist, Cosmologist

Richard DawkinsRichard DawkinsEthologist, Evolutionary Biologist, and WriterEthologist, Evolutionary Biologist, and Writer

Penn JillettePenn Jillette

Magician, Juggler, Comedian, Musician, Inventor, Magician, Juggler, Comedian, Musician, Inventor, Actor, and Author Actor, and Author

ATHEISM an overview

Reasons Atheist Don't Believe

● Many are secularist and hostile toward any organized religion

● It is possible to be an atheist and still be religious

ATHEISM an overview

Definition: Atheism is the absence of belief in any Gods or spiritual beings. The word Atheism comes from a, meaning without, and theism meaning belief in god or gods.

ATHEISM an overview

Atheist

● Don't view God as necessary, to explain the existence of the universe.

● Say that human beings are capable of devising moral codes to live by without God or the Bible.

ATHEISM an overview

Reasons Atheist Don't Believe● They don't find sufficient evidence to support religion.● They find religion to be nonsensical.● They once were religious but have lost faith in it.● They live in a irreligious culture. ● They have no interest in religion.● They find religion irrelevant to their lives.● They believe that religion has done a lot of harm in the

world.● The world is such a bad place there could be no God.

ATHEISM and MORALITY

Morality

● Many atheist live by the same moral code as do religious people

● They believe they come to a moral code without the influence of a god

SUNDAY ASSEMBLY“Atheist church”

Sanderson Jones



Spiritual

Atheism