Atheist Essay Examples

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An Atheistic View of Existentialism in Jean-Paul Sartre’s The Humanism of Existentialism (1324 words, 4 pages)

In Jean-Paul Sartres piece The Humanism of Existentialism, Sartre makes an argument for an atheistic view of existentialism. Sartre goes on to claim that this form of existentialism is more coherent than other forms of theistic variety. However, does it follow that all of Sartres central ideas about existentialism depend ... Read More

The Argument Between Stephen Law and William Lane Craig About Whether Atheists Hold Moral Guidelines and a Meaningful Life (1651 words, 5 pages)

What Makes Life MeaningfulWe can all agree that the lives of people like Hitler or Attila the Hun hold no moral foundation other than what they believed their personal ethical (or unethical) foundation was, and in turn they did in fact have followers that supported their so-called beliefs. This, consequentially, ... Read More

The Significance of the God, and the Bible, and the Atheistic Beliefs of Benedict Spinoza (1087 words, 3 pages)

Benedict Spinoza, born of Portuguese descent in Amsterdam, was a renowned 17th century theologian and philosopher. Spinozas Theological-Political Treatise switches between a theological and philosophical viewpoint to express his ideologies on the significance of God and the bible, namely, his atheistic beliefs. Through his direct critique of the bible, his ... Read More

Addressing the Theory of Secularization in Relation to the New Atheist Movement in the Books The God Delusion and God Is Not Great (3370 words, 12 pages)

Atheists, historically a small minority group often criticized and persecuted by the much larger and powerfully dominant established churches and religious entities, have made a dramatic rhetorical change in the 21st century. In a recent wave of best-selling books, authors promoting antitheist unbelief and irreligion have gone on the offensive, ... Read More

A Critical Analysis of H. J. McCloskey’s On Being and Atheist (1637 words, 5 pages)

AtheismIn the article written by H. J. McCloskey that is titled On Being and Atheist, McCloskey tries to prove the notion that atheism is a more comfortable and reasonable belief than that of the theists. He argues that theism is a spine-chilling, comfortless doctrine. Additionally, the author of this article, ... Read More

A Musical expression of Christopher Martin’s Atheistic View of God’s Existence in General in the Song Viva La Vida by Coldplay (530 words, 3 pages)

Viva La Vida by Coldplay was written and performed by Christopher Martins, Guy Berryman, Will Champion, and Jonathan Buckland that was released on June 11th 2008 which shortly it became of Coldplays greatest hits in the same year. The song was written about Christopher Martins atheistic view Gods Existence in ... Read More

A Bad Public Image as a Consequence of Our Misunderstanding of Atheists (1650 words, 6 pages)

Atheists generally have a bad public image around the world due to the fact that they do not believe in a god. The term atheist has many inappropriate colorings including untrustworthiness, immorality, and being conflated with un-Americanism. The distrust of atheists in societies around the world stems from major philosophical ... Read More

The Misunderstood Position and Definition of Atheists in Society (1395 words, 4 pages)

Being labeled as an atheist carries a lot of baggage in todays society. In discussions with theists, the atheist position is often misunderstood as believing, or knowing, there is no god. This puts the atheist in the position of proving a negative, unless they can demonstrate the proper usage of ... Read More

A Discussion on the Theist and the Atheist Arguments on the Origin of the Universe (1235 words, 5 pages)

The Origins of the Universe The Theist and Atheist ArgumentsPrefaceIn my attempts to be unbiased I am using arguments from the most popular and accepted scientific theory known as the Big Bang Theory to support the atheists argument. In using the most popular and accepted argument for science I will ... Read More

An Introduction to the Issue of America’s Hate towards Atheists and People Who Think There Is No Deity: Discriminatory and Unconstitutional (1060 words, 4 pages)

In Seven States, Atheists Push to End Largely Forgotten BanSummaryIn 1961, Roy Torcaso refused to say that he believed in a God in order to serve as a notary public in Maryland in doing this, he was denied the ability to serve as a political official in the state. This ... Read More

The Decision That Made Public School in the U.S. More Atheistic Than Many European Nations (383 words, 2 pages)

In 1962 the Supreme Court decided thatpublic schools did not have the power to authorize school prayer. Thisdecision made public school in the U.S. more atheistic than many Europeannations. For example, crosses still hang on the classroom walls in Poland,and the Ten Commandments are displayed in Hungary. There are prayers ... Read More

An Introduction to the Issue of George Bush’s Hatred of Atheists Because He Believes in a Deity (4342 words, 5 pages)

How many rights do you have? You should check, because it might not be as many today as it was a few years ago, or even a few months ago. Some people I talk to are not concerned that police will execute a search warrant without knocking or that they ... Read More

A Description of Sartre, Which We Place Among Atheists (709 words, 1 pages)

Sartre, which we place among atheists, stress that central concern of philosophy is human existence. He says that human being is a special kind of consciousness (being-for- itself). Everything else is matter (being-in-itself). He believes that human being has no God-given essence and is absolutely free and absolutely responsible. According ... Read More

An Analysis of Atheist’s Beliefs About the Existence of God (1391 words, 3 pages)

The agnostic argues that, unless you are omniscient, you cannot say for sure that there are no gods. However, the Atheist believes there are no gods, and most atheists are quite certain. How can the Atheist say there are no gods, without claiming infinite knowledge?The answer lies in the method ... Read More

An Argument Against Belief in the Supernatural by an Atheist (2692 words, 3 pages)

Fairies, Leprechauns, and GodWhat kind of world do we live in today where people are killed over what they believe? Why do people killed for what they believe? Why do people drench themselves in gasoline, then light themselves on fire for what they believe? Mass suicides, mass bombings, mass murder, ... Read More

Religion and the Existence of God in the Views of an Atheist (625 words, 2 pages)

Have I ever rebelled against tradition? Sure I have. There were many occasions where I just wanted to go against everything and do what I wanted to do. That is a part of life, doingwhat you want to do. There are certain things people and society want you to believe, ... Read More

An Analysis of the Story of Jesus Christ as One of the Most Discussed History Subject Among Christians, Jews and Even Atheists (674 words, 1 pages)

The story of Jesus Christ is one of the most discussed history subject among Christians, Jews and even Atheists. It is also very unclear. Because of the lack of recorded history, stories sprang up everywhere. It is very hard to tell fact from fiction. Like most history, a lot of ... Read More

Taking a Chance in Something Unseen and Intangible in the Village Atheist by Joel Mcdurmon (825 words, 1 pages)

Poetry Analysis - - The Village Atheist "The world and it's desires pass away but, the man who does the will of God will live Forever." 1 John 217 Using literary and poetic devises to stress the importance of hope, intuition, and desire over worldly objects, The Village Atheist warns ... Read More

An Analysis of Freedom and Responsibility by Jean-Paul Sartre a Great Atheist and French Philosopher (1016 words, 2 pages)

Absolute Responsibility for All ? Jean-Paul Sartre (1905-1980) was a French philosopher who believed in existentialism. He was also an atheist. He used literature to convey his message of existentialism to the public. In "III. Freedom And Responsibility" of his essay Being and Nothingness, (1943) Sartre's argument states that since ... Read More

A Discussion of One’s Choice of Becoming an Atheist (5950 words, 7 pages)

Why I Am An Atheist By Bhagat Singh Oct. 1930 A new question has cropped up. Is it due to vanity that I do not believe in the existence of an omnipotent, omnipresent and omniscient God? I had never imagined that I would ever have to confront such a question. ... Read More

A Religious Ranting on Atheism and Atheists (987 words, 2 pages)

After all of the arguments for and against the existence of god, the problem of non-belief is the most convincing. Why, if god exists, are there non-believers? The strongest answers to this question are that god does not want everyone to be saved, believing in god tests how worthy one ... Read More

A Religious Ranting About Agnostics and Atheists (1061 words, 2 pages)

Life consists of choices. Life itself is a choice. People make numerous choices a day whether or not to go to school, study for the test, or even which pair of shoes to wear. Sometimes it is very difficult to decide what course of action to take. Sometimes a specific ... Read More