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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Atheism is the belief that no God can exist. Atheism comes from the Greek word ‘Atheos’ which means ‘Godless’. Atheists can be split into two different categories ‘Strong Atheists’ and ‘Weak Atheists’. ‘Weak Atheists’ simply believe that no God does or can possibly exist‚ nothing more‚ nothing less. ‘Strong Atheists’ also believe that no God does or can possibly exist but they go as far as using logic and evidence to prove a God can exist. This essay will explore the arguments for Atheism. One
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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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The author H.J. McCloskey exposes in his article "On being an atheist" several arguments to have the reason on the atheism‚ which uses as a source of justification the decision of presentations made by people who support the existence that everything was created by a Creator (God). Objections begin as a means of arguments called summary evidence and indicate that God exists by providing security. The focus is based on real elements and events. The expressions of human religiosity manifest the conviction
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Philosophy “Theism/ Atheism/Deism” THEISM Philosophical theism is the belief that God exists (or must exist) independent of the teaching or revelation of any particular religion. It represents belief in a personal God entirely without doctrine. Some philosophical theists are persuaded of God’s existence by philosophical arguments‚ while others consider themselves to have a religious faith that need not be‚ or could not be‚ supported by rational argument. Philosophical theism has parallels with
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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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“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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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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