The Great Debate

The atheism vs. Christianity debate is as old as religion itself. Atheists do not believe in any God, while the religion of Christianity does believe in God. Christianity was formed based on events that happened to Jesus Christ. The Christianity religion believes that Jesus Christ was God’s son. This is why the atheism vs. Christianity debate exists. Not only does Christianity suggest a belief in God, but many people who practice Christianity have been known to force their beliefs on other people. Atheists basically have a lack of beliefs when it comes to any type of higher power. These two distinctions strengthen the atheism vs. Christianity debate. Both sides are complete opposites from one another. This is why the debate can get heated.

When thinking about the atheism vs. Christianity debate in today’s society, many views are different from the past due to the overall liberal psyche of the general public. Some would claim that religion is not as important as it once was. There is more acceptance and respect towards different views than in past generations. Therefore the atheism vs. Christianity debate has gotten less tense and more optimistic. In the past many Christians would impose their views on other people and claim that there religion was the only path to God. Atheists do not believe that God exists and religion is not a part of life. Many atheists may choose to respect religions, while others might dismiss the need for religious faiths as a sign of weakness and lack of intelligence.

There have been both Christians and atheists for thousands of years. However, it continues to be less of a controversy as times goes on. There are millions of people in this world who live their lives based in some way on religious beliefs. In older time periods, people of one religious faith would not communicate with each other. There have been and still are wars started because of religion. Many attribute the conflict in the middle east to religious reasons. This is why atheism is more popular today than ever. Since so much negativity stems from religion, more and more people feel that a lack of religion might make more sense. Some atheists choose to respect all religions but does not feel the need to have it in their life. While you might strongly believe in one faith, it seems sensible to share the notion that all religions should be respected and able to continue in peace.

Atheistic Religion

Atheism has been negatively viewed by many people since the creation of religion. There are people who have strong religious faiths, who believe that there is an atheistic religion. They are wrong. An atheistic religion does not exist. Not only is there no such thing as an atheistic religion, but an atheist religion is an oxymoron. Due to suggestive dictionaries, the meaning of atheism has been unclear to people for many years. Most atheists would laugh at the terms atheistic religion or atheist religion. It does not make sense. The only reason why people identify atheists as atheist religion is because they do not know the true definition or meaning of the word atheism.

• The term atheist religion does not make sense. Atheism believes there are no gods. Most religions have a set of beliefs in a higher power; a god or multiple gods, responsible for creating the universe. Therefore it does not make sense to label a group of atheists as believing in an atheist religion. That suggests that people who do not believe that god or gods exist are a type of people who believe in a certain god or gods. If that description does not make sense to you, then the point is made.

• Dictionaries often define atheism as not believing in god or denying that god exists. Definitions like these are suggestive. These two examples are claiming that there is a god, but that atheists do not believe in it. Also, by using the word deny suggests that atheists choose not to believe in god, again suggesting that god does exist. Atheists do not see it as refusing to believe in god. Instead they would claim that there is no scientific evidence proving that god exists. Therefore atheists would argue that it is not denying to believe something if there is no proof that it exists. As an example, it would be wrong to say that a certain group of people deny that the tooth fairy exists, simply because there is no proof that a tooth fairy exists.

While many people have a strong belief system, it is important to know the true meaning or purpose of a different group of people who do not share your beliefs. It is also important to be fair when defining a group of people. It seems rather obvious that people who write dictionaries write in suggestive ways that promote their belief system. Claiming that there is a god in a dictionary is not right. Dictionaries are used to learn exact meanings of words. Saying that a word, which identifies a group of people, means to deny that god exists or do not believe in god is not morally or literally correct. Different atheist’s have completely different theories and philosophies about the universe, they just believe that gods do not exist.

Catholics

Those that have no religion or anti religion views are gaining in population in the United States. According to recent reports, people with no religion now have amassed to 15 percent of the total population of the United States. The recent trends have also shown that in a few years, this number can surpass Catholics, the largest religious denomination in the U.S. at 24 percent. According to American Nones: Profile of the No Religion Population, the number includes 19 % of U.S. men and 12 percent of women. As far as age goes, those with anti religion views make up 22 percent of adults aged eighteen to twenty-nine. Additionally, out of these numbers 35 percent of them stated that they had been Catholic at the age of twelve.

Atheism, the idea believed by atheists, is essentially the belief that there are no deities or gods and have no religion in their life. It can also be defined, in much more broad terms, as the rejection of any belief of deities. While the exact definition of atheism is widely debated, there are several levels of atheism, giving different meanings to the word. By the broadest of standards, atheism refers to the absence of any belief in gods or deities. This modern definition of Atheism originated in the 18th century. The word “atheism” arose from the Greek word atheos, meaning “without gods”. This was a negative word applied to those individuals who did not believe or worship gods of any kind that the larger society as a whole believed in. The eventual rise of freethought, skepticism, and criticism of religions led to a more widespread belief in atheism.

Research of atheism and people with no religion suggests that it will only take about twenty years before one out of every five Americans have anti religion views within the United States. Women are less likely to reject the views of faith and become anti religion, and they are more likely to reject a secular upbringing.

The studies suggest that the anti religion population is not necessarily rejecting the idea of an existing God, but rather, they have an “American forefather” approach to the idea. Most of non religion people are skeptical of organized religion and the views and actions they perpetuate, but still believe there exists a supreme being.

As far as behavior is concerned, secular people and religious people are largely the same in the United States population. The difference in education, income and marital status is negligible at most. People who practice religion and no religion believers are both just as likely to end their marriage in a divorce.

There is no doubt about it that non religion people have gained ground within the U.S. population and are seen more of a serious socio-demographic group.