belief that there is no God or gods.
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Respectful ways to explain my non-belief to Christians [closed]
Almost everyone I know and care about are Christians. I am an atheist. I have trouble explaining my point of view without making believers (Christian or other faiths) feel uncomfortable. How can I ...
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Atheism is the default position. Isn't the burden of proof on the Christian to assert that God exists?
The title is a bit tongue in cheek, but according to Christianity, is it necessarily right to have to make arguments starting from atheism? It seems obvious to me that God exists. However, in both ...
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Can an atheist go to heaven?
The question of who goes to heaven and who to hell seems to result in very different answers depending on which tradition the Christian answering belongs to. Some traditions, especially evangelical ...
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What reasons does Christianity give for “Why There Must Be A God?”
I realize this question could also be addressed on Philosophy.SE, but I am very interested to get specifically the Christian perspective on this issue.
I was raised Catholic, but have left the Church ...
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Do Catholics view atheism as a sin?
Are there any passages in the Holy Bible or any Catholic doctrine saying that it is a sin to be an atheist?
Please, don't refer to me any Biblical assertion where it is stated that you should follow ...
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What happens to non-believers or believers of other religions after death?
What happens (according to Christians) to people who specificially rejected the idea of God, the Bible and the christian teachings after they die?
Is there a difference to people who believed in ...
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Should a Christian read books known to be heretical / blasphemous / against Christianity? [closed]
Inspired by: May Christians read self improvement books?
May we read un-Christian books? Should we?
In what circumstances?
What guidelines should be used to decide on this?
Some examples of ...
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Good person going to hell simply for not believing?
The scenario is as follows:
Believer, average life, many mistakes/sins. Asks forgiveness and tries everyday to be better. Goes to heaven.
Non-believer, better life than the believer, fewer mistakes ...
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Are there any atheists in the Bible?
Do any people in the Bible self identify as atheists?
Or are they all theists, differing in which god they follow?
Apparently at least some atheists existed, since David had heard of them:
The ...
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Is it possible for an atheist to be moral? [closed]
This question is one that hasn't been hit (although it's been approached).
Is it possible for a person to not believe in God but live according to a moral standard? Or is belief in God a ...
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What is a “non-theistic” Christian?
The comments to this response suggest that there is such a thing as a Christian who does not believe in God. To me, that is rather contradictory, sort of like social networking without all of the ...
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An open atheist's fate in the middle ages in Europe
What would happen to me if, while living in Europe, say, in the 13th or in the 15th century - in fact, in any time of the existence of the Roman Catholic Church before reformation - I openly declared ...
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Suppose all traces of Christianity were wiped out [closed]
As you may guess I come at this from the point of view of an atheist.
Suppose all traces of Christianity were wiped out in some sort of disaster (any other religion can be substituted here). I'd like ...
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How do we argue when someone posits a non-causal universe
So, I've been thinking about apologetics recently, and I've come to a rather nasty knot which I've not been able to unwind. It is relatively easy to get from the idea, "there must have been a first ...
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Are there any studies on why some doubters quit faith and others double-down on it? [closed]
Every person comes to moments when they question what they believe. For me, I was born into a fundamentalist Christian home, came to doubt that worldview, and after lots of soul searching and ...
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Where does one draw the line between spritiual attack and spiritual defense? [closed]
I recently uploaded a picture to Facebook in the style of the KEEP CALM posters, which said "KEEP CALM, JESUS IS COMING". I knew before I posted it that I would likely receive spiritual attack from ...
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Why is Atheism such an easy religion to troll? [closed]
I see it happening many times on YouTube and other comment oriented sites.
