What is the difference between atheism and religion?
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(narrowly) Belief that no deities exist (sometimes including rejection of other religious beliefs).
* {{quote-magazine, year = 2002
, title = Should atheists be agnostics?
, first = Michael
, last = Martin
, magazine = The Philosophers' Magazine
, editor = Baggini, Julian
, issue = 19
, issn = 1354-814X
, page = 18
, archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20021220073331/http://www.philosophers.co.uk/portal_article.php?id=583
, passage = For atheism' to be rationally justified it is only necessary that it be more probable than not or at least more probable than theism. Certainty is no more required in the case of ' atheism than it is in the case of scientific theories.
}}
(broadly) Rejection of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist).
* {{quote-book, year = 1857
, title = Modern Atheism: under its forms of Pantheism, Materialism, Secularism, Development, and Natural Laws
, first = James
, last = Buchanan
, authorlink = James Buchanan (minister)
, location = Boston
, publisher = Gould and Lincoln
, page = 365
, url = http://books.google.com/books?id=wsoVAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA365&dq=atheism
, passage = The theory of Secularism is a form, not of dogmatic'', but of ''skeptical'', Atheism ; it is dogmatic only in ''denying the sufficiency of the evidence for the being and perfections of God. It does not deny, it only does not believe, His existence.
}}
* {{quote-book, year = 1896
, title = Theism or Athiesm: Which is the more reasonable?
, first = George William
, last = Foote
, authorlink = George William Foote
, coauthor = Lee, W. T.
, publisher = R. Forder
, location = London
, page = 17
, chapter = First Night
, url = http://books.google.com/books?id=91AQAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA17
, passage = ...but Atheism per se simply means, not denial, but rejection, in the sense of not accepting the Theistic theory of the universe which Mr. Lee has put forward tonight.
}}
(very broadly) Absence of belief that any deities exist (including absence of the concept of deities).
* {{quote-book, year = 1829
, first = John
, last = Wesley
, title = Sermons, on Several Occasions
, edition = 10th
, volume = 2
, page = 373
, passage = What can parents do, and mothers more especially, with regard to the atheism that is natural to all the children of men?
}}
* {{quote-book, year = 1979
, first = George H.
, last = Smith
, authorlink = George H. Smith
, title =
, publisher = Prometheus
, location = Buffalo, New York
, isbn = 978-0879751241
, lccn = 79002726
, id =
, page = 7
, passage = Atheism , in its basic form, is not a belief; it is the absence of belief.'' An atheist is not primarily a person who ''believes'' that a god does ''not'' exist; rather, he does ''not believe in the existence of a god.
}}
(loosely, uncommon) Absence of belief in a particular deity, pantheon, or religious doctrine (notwithstanding belief in other deities).
* {{quote-book, year = 1995
, title = The HarperCollins Encyclopedia of Catholicism
, editor = McBrien, Richard P.
, section = keyword Domitilla, Flavia
, publisher = HarperCollins
, isbn = 9780060653385
, page = 431
, url = http://books.google.com/books?id=WlNfJC6RveAC&pg=PA431
, passage = Domitilla, Flavia , niece of the emperor Domitian (81-96). She and her husband, Flavius Clemens (consul in 95 and cousin of Domitian), were probably Christians; charged with atheism and adoption of Jewish ways, they were punished (95) with death (Clemens) and exile (Domitilla).
}}
* {{quote-book, year = 2010
, first = Ross
, last = Thompson
, title = Buddhist Christianity: A Passionate Openness
, publisher = O-Books
, isbn = 978-1846943362
, page = 260
, url = http://books.google.com/books?id=NeWEQWx9pAgC&pg=260&q=atheism
, passage = Sacrificial religion becomes redundant – which is why Christianity did indeed have a reputation in the ancient world for atheism : it rejected the key duty humans are thought to owe to the gods, namely sacrifice.
}}
The belief in and worship of a supernatural controlling power, especially a personal god or gods.
A particular system of faith and worship.
The way of life committed to by monks and nuns.
Any practice that someone or some group is seriously devoted to.
(obsolete) Faithfulness to a given principle; conscientiousness.
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Atheism is a see also of religion.
As nouns the difference between atheism and religion
is that atheism is (narrowly) belief that no deities exist (sometimes including rejection of other religious beliefs) while religion is the belief in and worship of a supernatural controlling power, especially a personal god or gods.atheism
Noun
(en noun)Usage notes
The term (term) may refer either to: * (rejection of belief) an explicit rejection of belief, with or without a denial that any deities exist ((term)), * (absence of belief) an absence of belief in the existence of any deities ((term) or (term)), * (affirmative belief) an explicit belief that no gods exist ((term) or (term)).Quotations
Derived terms
* apatheismSee also
* * agnosticism * atheonism * athean * atheal * deism * theism * monotheism * polytheism * pantheism * panentheismReferences
* * Random House Unabridged Dictionary , Random House, Inc. (31 August 2006). * Encyclopædia Britannica , (2011), keyword ATHEISM'>citation * Encyclopedia of Philosophy , (1967, 2005), keyword ATHEISM * Michael Martin, ATHEISM, A Philosophical Justification * George H. Smith, The Scope of Atheism'', in ''Atheism: The Case Against God (1979) English words suffixed with -ism English words not following the I before E except after C rulereligion
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(wikipedia religion)Noun
(en noun)- My brother tends to value religion , but my sister not as much.
- Islam is a major religion in parts of Asia and Africa.
- Eckankar is a new religion''' but Zoroastrianism is an old '''religion .
- The monk entered religion when he was 20 years of age.
- At this point, ''Star Trek'' has really become a religion .
- Oh with what religion doe I respect and observe the same!