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Atheism, pedophilia and NAMBLA

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[[Image:Harry Hay.jpg|thumbnail|127px|Many consider [[atheism|atheist]] [[Harry Hay]] to be the founder of the American [[homosexuality|homosexual]] movement.]]
The [[North American Man-Boy Love Association]] (NAMBLA) was founded in December 1978 and is an activist [[homosexuality]] and [[pedophilia]]/pederasty coalition group.

Some of the well known [[atheism|atheist]] advocates of the North American Man/Boy Love Association (NAMBLA) are:

== Atheistic Denmark and child pornography ==
[[File:Flag of Denmark.png|right|200px|thumbnail|[[Denmark]] is the third most atheistic country in the world and the website adherents.com reports that 43 - 80% of Danes are [[agnosticism|agnostics]]/atheists/non-believers in God.<ref>[http://www.adherents.com/largecom/com_atheist.html Top 50 Countries With Highest Proportion of Atheists / Agnostics(Zuckerman, 2005)]</ref>
 
In 2009, Suzanne Ost reported in her book published by Cambridge University Press, that the child pornography material produced in [[Denmark]] (and Holland) still constituted the largest part of child pornography that was currently available, having been transferred into digital format and uploaded onto the internet.<ref>''Child Pornography and Sexual Grooming: Legal and Societal Responses'' by Suzanne Ost, Cambridge University Press, page 29, 2009</ref>]]
''See also:'' [[Atheistic Denmark and child pornography]]

In 2005 [[Denmark]] was ranked the third most atheistic country in the world and the website adherents.com reported that in 2005 43 - 80% of Danes are [[agnosticism|agnostics]]/atheists/non-believers in God.<ref>[http://www.adherents.com/largecom/com_atheist.html Top 50 Countries With Highest Proportion of Atheists / Agnostics(Zuckerman, 2005)]</ref> Denmark has the highest rate of belief in evolution in the [[Western World]].<ref>[http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/bigphotos/21329204.html Photo: Evolution Less Accepted in U.S. Than Other Western Countries, Study Finds]</ref>

The 2003 book entitled ''Overcoming Violence Against Women and Girls: The International Campaign to Eradicate a Worldwide Problem '' written by authors Rahel Nardos; Mary K. Radpour; William S. Hatcher and Michael L. Penn, declared:
{{cquote|The largest source of commercial child pornography is Denmark. Denmark became the world's leading producer of child pornography when, in 1969, it removed all restrictions on the production and sale of any type of pornographic material. "The result," notes Tim Tate, "was a short-lived explosion in adult pornography, and the birth of commercial child pornography. In his work, Tate links the global spread of child pornography to two men: Willy Strauss, founder of Bambina Sex, the world's first child-pornography magazine, founded in 1971; and Peter Theander, founder of Colour Climax Corporation and the producer of a short, professionally made pornographic film series entitled Lolita. Lolita depicts the sexual abuse of prepubescent boys and girls. Although Danish law at the time rendered the work of Strauss and Theander legal, by 1979 when Denmark finally banned the production and sale of child pornography it had already become such a financial success on the international market that it has proven to be nearly impossible to bring its spread under control.<ref>''Overcoming Violence Against Women and Girls: The International Campaign to Eradicate a Worldwide Problem '' written by authors Rahel Nardos; Mary K. Radpour; William S. Hatcher and Michael L. Penn, page 59, 2003</ref>}}

Suzanne Ost, in her 2009 book ''Child Pornography and Sexual Grooming: Legal and Societal Responses'' published by Cambridge University Press, wrote about the child pornography created by Denmark/Holland during this period:
{{cquote|Taylor and Quayle note that the material produced during this period still constitutes the largest part of child pornography that is currently available, having been transferred into digital format and uploaded onto the internet.<ref>''Child Pornography and Sexual Grooming: Legal and Societal Responses'' by Suzanne Ost, Cambridge University Press, page 29, 2009</ref>}}

For more information, please see:

*[[Atheism and child pornography]]

*[[Atheistic Denmark and child pornography]]

*[[Netherlands and child pornography]]

*[[Godless Britain and child pornography]]

== Nontheistic Thailand and child prostitution ==
[[File:Thailand child exploitation.jpg|thumbnail|right|240px|Poster against child prostitution in [[Thailand]].
 
In [[Thailand]], the nontheistic form of [[Buddhism]], called the Theravada school of Buddhism, is prevalent.
 
CNN reported "Col. Apichart says online forums are abuzz with talk about Thailand being a child molesters' paradise."<ref>[http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/07/05/thailand.pedophiles/ Thailand fights to stem tide of child sex tourists] By Dan Rivers</ref>
 
 
(photo from [https://www.flickr.com/photos/paulnormanicjs/5890637546 Flickr], see: [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/ license agreement])]]

''See also:'' [[Nontheistic Thailand and child prostitution]]

In [[Thailand]], the nontheistic form of [[Buddhism]] called the Theravada school of Buddhism is prevalent.

According to a report compiled by Police Colonel Naras Savestanan, Ph.D., Deputy Director-General, Department of Special Investigation, Ministry of Justice, Thailand:
{{cquote|Thailand has been identified as one of the most popular destinations for child sex abusers since 1980s...

In 2007, there were 500,000 sexually alluring web pages and 250 websites showing nude video clips
of teenagers in Thailand.<ref>[http://www.unodc.org/documents/commissions/CCPCJ/CCPCJ_Sessions/CCPCJ_20/Thematic_Discussions/Asian-Group_Thailands-response_Savestanan.pdf Thailand’s Response to Online Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation: Its Progress and Challenges, Pol.Col.Naras Savestanan, Ph.D. Deputy Director-General, Department of Special Investigation, Ministry of Justice, Thailand, The Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice: 20th CCPCJ, April 12, 2011, Vienna, Austria]</ref>}}

Thailand’s Health System Research Institute declared that child prostitutes make up 40% of all prostitutes in Thailand.<ref>''Kathoey Ladyboy: Thailand's Got Talent'' By Heinz Duthel, page 192</ref>

CNN reported concerning Thailand:
{{cquote|And Col.Apichart is clear the law needs reform.

"There is no specific law about having child pornography in possession," he said. "Thailand should issue the new law about child pornography specifically."

Ronnasit Proeksayajiva is with a small NGO called the Counter Human Trafficking Unit. He works closely with Col. Apichart, often accompanying officers on raids. His assessment is frank -- and bleak.

"Honestly right now I don't think it is getting better, I think it is getting worse, because I don't know, maybe they believe that Thailand is the best place for them to come to have sex with the children."....

Such cases do little to discourage pedophiles from coming to Thailand. Col. Apichart says online forums are abuzz with talk about Thailand being a child molesters' paradise.<ref>[http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/07/05/thailand.pedophiles/ Thailand fights to stem tide of child sex tourists] By Dan Rivers, CNN</ref>}}

== John Maynard Keynes and pederasty ==
[[File:Keynes.jpg|right|thumbnail|175px|[[John Maynard Keynes]] ]]
''see also:'' [[John Maynard Keynes and pederasty]] and [[Homosexuality and pederasty]]

[[John Maynard Keynes]] was the founder of [[Keynesian economics]]. Lytton Strachey, his male bed partner, wrote that Keynes was a “A [[liberal]] and a [[homosexuality|sodomite]], An atheist and a statistician.”<ref>http://www.keynesatharvard.org/book/KeynesatHarvard-ch09.html</ref> Keynes and his friends made numerous trips to the resorts surrounding the Mediterranean. At the resorts, little boys were sold by their families to bordellos which catered to homosexuals.<ref>http://www.keynesatharvard.org/book/KeynesatHarvard-ch09.html</ref>

In 2008, ''The Atlantic'' reported:
{{cquote|Keynes obsessively counted and tabulated almost everything; it was a life-long habit. As a child, he counted the number of front steps of every house on his street. Later he kept a running record (not surprisingly) of his expenses and his golf scores. He also counted and tabulated his sex life.

The first diary is easy: Keynes lists his sexual partners, either by their initials (GLS for Lytton Strachey, DG for Duncan Grant) or their nicknames ("Tressider," for J. T. Sheppard, the King's College Provost). When he apparently had a quick, anonymous hook-up, he listed that sex partner generically: "16-year-old under Etna" and "Lift boy of Vauxhall" in 1911, for instance, and "Jew boy," in 1912.<ref>http://www.theatlantic.com/daily-dish/archive/2008/01/keyness-jew-boy-quickie/220620/</ref>}}

During his early 20s he kept an extensive record of his sexual activities and throughout the early 1900s he had numerous homosexual encounters. The records he kept are available from the modern archives at King's College, [[Cambridge]].<ref>http://moreintelligentlife.com/node/824</ref>

Zygmund Dobbs wrote in his work ''Keynes at Harvard'':
{{cquote|In 1967 the world was startled by the publication of the letters between Lytton Strachey and Maynard Keynes. Undisputed evidence in their private correspondence shows that Keynes was a life-long sexual deviate. What was more shocking was that these practices extended to a large group. Homosexuality, sado-masochism, [[lesbianism]], and the deliberate policy of corrupting the young was the established practice of this large and influential group which eventually set the political and cultural tone for the British Empire.

Keynes’ sexual partner, Lytton Strachey, indicated that their sexual attitudes could be infiltrated, “subtly, through literature, into the bloodstream of the people, and in such a way that they accepted it all quite naturally, if need be, without at first realizing what it was to which they were agreeing.” He further explained, privately, that, “he sought to write in a way that would contribute to an eventual change in our ethical and sexual mores—a change that couldn’t ‘be done in a minute,’ but would unobtrusively permeate the more flexible minds of young people.” This is a classic expression of the Fabian socialist method of seducing the mind. This was written in 1929 when it was already in practice for over forty years. It is no wonder we are reaping the whirlwind of student disorders where drug addiction and homosexuality rule the day.<ref>http://www.keynesatharvard.org/book/KeynesatHarvard-ch09.html</ref>}}

Keynes was a [[bisexual]] who married Lydia Lopokova. In his work ''The Cambridge Apostles, 1820-1914: Liberalism, Imagination, and Friendship in British Intellectual and Professional Life'', William C. Lubenow expresses the opinion that Keynes was an [[agnosticism|agnostic]].<ref>The Cambridge Apostles, 1820-1914: Liberalism, Imagination, and Friendship in British Intellectual and Professional Life, 1998, Cambridge University Press, page 402</ref>

== New Atheist Sam Harris claims atheist is right next to child molester as a designation ==

''see also:'' [[Views on Atheists]]

Dr. [[Sam Harris]] is a founder of the [[New Atheism]] movement. [[Sam Harris]] is quite aware of the stigma surrounding atheism and has even advocated that atheists no longer call themselves atheists.<ref name="Harris">Roberts, Jessica, et al. (June 19, 2007). [http://news21.com/story/2007/06/19/interview_with_an_atheist "Interview with an atheist"]. News21. Retrieved on July 30, 2014.</ref> In fact, Dr. Harris has said concerning the label of atheist, "It's right next to child molester as a designation."<ref name="Harris">Roberts, Jessica, et al. (June 19, 2007). [http://news21.com/story/2007/06/19/interview_with_an_atheist "Interview with an atheist"]. News21. Retrieved on July 30, 2014.</ref>

== Selective outrage on child molestation and so called "gentle pedophiles" ==
[[‎File:668738335 394b3820fb.jpg|thumbnail|300px|right|Ben-Peter Terpstra wrote in the ''Australian Conservative'': "In all truth, Britain’s clean-shaven [[atheism|atheists]] aren’t serious about children’s rights, or they’d be launching venomous attacks against the [[United Nations]], in light of their more recent sex abuse scandals."<ref>http://australianconservative.com/2010/04/preparing-for-richard-dawkins%E2%80%99-crocodile-tears/</ref>.(photo obtained from [http://www.flickr.com/photos/tunnelarmr/668738335/ Flickr], see [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/deed.en license agreement]) ]]
''For more information please see:'' [[Richard Dawkins on child molestation and so called "gentle pedophiles"]]

The ''Australian Conservative'' recently published an article by Ben-Peter Terpstra entitled ''Preparing for Richard Dawkins’ crocodile tears'' which charges that [[Richard Dawkins]] exhibits selective outrage on the issue of child molestation.<ref>http://australianconservative.com/2010/04/preparing-for-richard-dawkins%E2%80%99-crocodile-tears/</ref> In the article Terpstra cites Bendan Oneill who wrote:
{{cquote|The [[New Atheism|New Atheist]] campaign to have Pope Benedict XVI arrested when he visits Britain later this year exposes the deeply disturbing, authoritarian and even Inquisitorial side to today’s campaigning secularism...

In 2006, Dawkins criticised ‘hysteria about paedophilia’ and said that, even though he was the victim of sexual abuse at boarding school, he would defend his abusive former teachers if ‘50 years on they had been hounded by vigilantes or lawyers as no better than child murderers’. Yet now he wants to put abusive priests on a par with genocidaires.<ref>http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php/site/article/8526/</ref>}}

Ben-Peter Terpstra writes: "In all truth, Britain’s clean-shaven atheists aren’t serious about children’s rights, or they’d be launching venomous attacks against the [[United Nations]], in light of their more recent sex abuse scandals."<ref>http://australianconservative.com/2010/04/preparing-for-richard-dawkins%E2%80%99-crocodile-tears/</ref>

Concerning Richard Dawkins recent selective outrage on child molestation the Christian apologetics website [[True Free Thinker]] writes:
{{cquote|His reputation has always been the very same and this Pope related publicity stunt is nothing new. Moreover, why would he oppose the Pope considering that what the Pope may be complicit in, surely, relates to some gentle pedophiles.

What! “Gentle pedophiles”!!!

Oh, no, no, no; those are not my words but Richard Dawkins who, indeed, argues that there are gentle pedophiles and that way too much is made of pedophilia at times.

For these reasons and more Robert Fulford’s referring to Richard Dawkins as a clown is very, very offensive—to clowns. Clowns are lovable and funny whilst Richard Dawkins is belligerent, arrogant, belittling and shockingly lacking in knowledge with regards to many of the issues that he takes on (find ample evidence [http://www.truefreethinker.com/richard-dawkins here]).<ref>http://www.truefreethinker.com/articles/send-clowns-%E2%80%93-richard-dawkins-obliges</ref>}}

== See also ==

'''[[Atheism]] related links:'''

*[[Atheism and child pornography]]
*[[Nontheistic Thailand and child prostitution]]
*[[Atheism and morality]]
*[[Atheism and sadism]]
*[[Atheism and bestiality]]
*[[Atheism and social outcasts]]
*[[Atheism and mass murder]]
*[[Atheism and deception]]
*[[Atheism and charity]]
*[[Soviet Union and morality]]
*[[Decline of atheism]]
*[[Abortion and atheism]]
*[[Atheism and obesity]]

'''[[Homosexuality]] related links:'''

*[[Teenage homosexuality]]
*[[Homosexuality and pederasty]]
*[[Homosexual Couples and Domestic Violence]]
*[[Homosexuality and murders]]
*[[Homosexuality and health]]
*[[Homosexuality]]

'''Evolutionary belief and sexual immorality:'''

*[[Evolutionary belief and sexual immorality]]

==References==
<references/>
[[Category: Atheism]]
[[Category: Homosexuality]]
[[Category: Liberalism]]

Conservapedia atheism articles

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'''Atheism''' is simply assuming the null hypothesis as to God or gods, like a rational person. But this is Conservapedia, so I guess I shouldn't be surprised.

Conservapedia atheism articles

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[[File:Atheism.jpg|thumb|alt=atheism|right|226px|[[Paul-Henri Thiry]], Baron d'Holbach (1723 - 1789) was an early advocate of atheism in [[Europe]].]]
Below is a list of [[atheism]] articles which focus on major issues related to topic of atheism:

== Main atheism article ==

*[[Atheism]]

== Definition of atheism ==

*[[Definition of atheism]]

*[[Attempts to dilute the definition of atheism]]

*[[Definitions of Atheist and Agnostic]]

*[[Agnosticism]]

[[Image:Stalin-140508 27880t.jpg|right|235px|thumb|[[Joseph Stalin]], the Premier of the [[Soviet Union]] from 6 May 1941 to 5 March 1953, patronised the [[League of Militant Atheists]], whose chief aim, under the leadership of Yemelyan Yaroslavsky, was to propagate militant [[atheism]] and eradicate [[religion]].<ref name=Hesemann-Strieber>{{cite book|author=Michael Hesemann, Whitley Strieber|title=The Fatima Secret|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=tx-BEpkJBq8C&pg=PT107&dq=Joseph+Stalin+militant+atheism&hl=en&ei=-DeRTpLrJoPi0QHo88wi&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CDkQ6AEwAzgK#v=onepage&q=Joseph%20Stalin%20militant%20atheism&f=false|quote=Lenin's death in 1924 was followed by the rise of Joseph Stalin, "the man of steel," who founded the "Union of Militant Atheists," whose chief aim was to spread atheism and eradicate religion. In the following years it devastated hundreds of churches, destroyed old icons and relics, and persecuted the clergy with unimaginable brutality.|publisher=Random House Digital, Inc.|date=2000|accessdate=09 October 2011}}</ref><ref name=Steeves>{{cite book|author=Paul D. Steeves|title=Keeping the faiths: religion and ideology in the Soviet Union|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=l7soAAAAYAAJ&q=%22When+a+priest+is+deprived+of+his+congregation,+that+does+not%22&dq=%22When+a+priest+is+deprived+of+his+congregation,+that+does+not%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=_ijVUemwOoXRyQGqkICwBA&ved=0CDgQ6AEwAQ|quote=The League of Militant Atheists was formed in 1926 and by 1930 had recruited three million members. Five years later there were 50,000 local groups affiliated to the League and the nominal membership had risen to five million. Children from 8-14 years of age were enrolled in Groups of Godless Youth, and the League of Communist Youth (Komsomol) took a vigorous anti- religious line. Several antireligious museums were opened in former churches and a number of Chairs of Atheism were established in Soviet universities. Prizes were offered for the best 'Godless hymns' and for alternative versions of the Bible from which ... the leader of the League of Militant Atheists, Yemelian Yaroslavsky, said: "When a priest is deprived of his congregation, that does not mean that he stops being a priest. He changes into an itinerant priest. He travels around with his primitive tools in the villages, performs religious rites, reads prayers, baptizes children. Such wandering priests are at times more dangerous than those who carry on their work at a designated place of residence." The intensified persecution, which was a part of the general terror inflicted upon Soviet society by Stalin's policy, ...|publisher=Holmes & Meier|date=1989|accessdate=04 July 2013}}</ref>]]

== Types of atheism ==

*[[Militant atheism]]
*[[Atheist factions]]
*[[Schools of atheist thought]]
*[[Weak atheism]]
*[[Strong atheism]]
*[[New Atheism]]
*[[Atheism plus]]
*[[Atheism 3.0]]
*[[Brights Movement]]
*[[Apatheism]]
*[[Objectivism]]
*[[Buddhism]] (non-theistic Buddhism)
*[[Materialism]]
*[[Naturalism (philosophy)]]
*[[Secular humanism]]
*[[Atomism]]

== Atheism as a religion ==

*[[Atheism is a religion]]
*[[Atheist cults]]
*[[Atheism and belief]]
*[[Atheism and beliefs]]

== Atheist doubts about the validity of atheism ==

*[[Atheists have low retention rate compared to other worldviews]]
*[[Denials that atheists exist]]
*[[There Are No Atheists In Foxholes]]
*[[Essay: The question atheists fear|The question atheists fear]]
== Refutations of atheism ==

*[[Rebuttals to atheist arguments]]
*[[Christian apologetics|Evidence for Christianity]]
*[[Christian apologetics website resources|Websites and articles offering refutations of atheism]]
*[[Evolution]]
*[[Resources for leaving atheism and becoming a Christian]]
*[[Former atheists and agnostics]]

== Atheist population/demographics/statistics ==
[[File:Georgetown 2.jpg|thumbnail|right|250px|In 2012, a [[Georgetown University]] study was published indicating that only about 30 percent of those who grow up in an [[atheism|atheist]] household in the [[United States]] remain atheists as adults.<ref>http://www.christianpost.com/news/study-atheists-have-lowest-retention-rate-compared-to-religious-groups-78029/ Study: Atheists Have Lowest 'Retention Rate' Compared to Religious Groups</ref>]]
*[[Atheist Population]]
*[[American atheism]]
*[[Atheism statistics]]

=== Decline of global atheist population ===

*[[Global atheism]]
*[[Decline of atheism in terms of global adherents is expected to accelerate]]
*[[Essay: Atheism: A house divided and in global decline| Atheism: A house divided and in global decline]] - essay

== Views on atheists ==

*[[Views on Atheists|Views of atheists]]
*[[Atheism and the media]]
*[[Atheism and public relations]]
*[[Atheism and social outcasts]]

== Atheism and gender/race ==

*[[Atheism and women]]
*[[Western atheism and race]]
*[[Evolutionary racism]]

== Effects of atheism on individuals ==
[[File:Basketball.jpg|right|300px|thumbnail|Numerous studies report that athletes to be more religious than non-athletes.<ref>[http://www.thesportjournal.org/article/strength-religious-faith-athletes-and-nonathletes-two-ncaa-division-iii-institutions ''Strength of Religious Faith of Athletes and Nonathletes at Two NCAA Division III Institutions'']</ref>]]

*[[Atheism and depression]]
*[[Atheism and suicide]]
*[[Irreligion and superstition]]
*[[Atheism and irrationality]]
*[[Atheism and health]]
*[[Atheism and alcoholism]]
*[[Atheism and drug addiction]]
*[[Atheism and loneliness]]
*[[Atheist hypocrisy]]
*[[Sports performance: Religious faith vs. atheism]]
*[[Atheism and hedonism]]
*[[Atheism and obesity]]
*[[Atheism and cowardice]]
*[[Atheism and self-esteem]]
*[[Atheism and social outcasts]]

== Effects of atheism on society ==
[[Image:228130875 35181424e3.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[Per capita]] [[atheism|atheists]] and [[agnosticism|agnostics]] in America give significantly less to charity than [[theism|theists]] even when church giving is not counted for theists. See also: [[Atheism and charity|Atheism and uncharitableness]] ]]

'''Violence, oppression and religious/intellectual freedom:'''

*[[Atheism and mass murder]]
*[[Militant atheism]]
*[[Atheist indoctrination]]
*[[Atheism and social/interpersonal intelligence|Atheism and social skills]]

'''Ethical concerns:'''

*[[Atheism and deception]]
*[[Atheism and charity|Atheism and uncharitableness]]

'''Family/children matters:'''

[[File:Flag of Denmark.png|right|200px|thumbnail|[[Denmark]] is the third most atheistic country in the world and the website adherents.com reports that 43 - 80% of Danes are [[agnosticism|agnostics]]/atheists/non-believers in God.<ref name="Top 50">[http://www.thechapmans.nl/news/Atheist.pdf "Top 50 countries with highest proportion of atheists/agnostics (Zuckerman, 2005)"]. Chris and Terri Chapman. Retrieved on September 10, 2014.</ref>
 
In 2009, Suzanne Ost reported in her book published by Cambridge University Press, that the [[Atheism and child pornography|child pornography]] material produced in [[Denmark]] (and Holland) still constituted the largest part of child pornography that was currently available, having been transferred into digital format and uploaded onto the internet.<ref>Ost, Suzanne (2009). ''Child Pornography and Sexual Grooming: Legal and Societal Responses'' (Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press), p. 29.</ref>]]
*[[Atheism and marriage]]
*[[Atheism, polyamory and other immoral relationships]]
*[[Atheism and pornography]]
*[[Atheism and child pornography]]
*[[Atheism and poor relationships with parents]]

'''Crime:'''

*[[Irreligious prison population]]

'''Effects on various members of society:'''

*[[Abortion and atheism|Atheism and abortion]]
*[[Irreligion and domestic violence]]
*[[Western atheism and race|Atheism and racism]]
*[[Atheism and sexism]]
*[[Atheism and rape]]
*[[Atheism and politics]]
*[[Atheism and sadism]]

'''Mistreatment of animals:'''

*[[Atheism and bestiality|Atheism and the treatment of animals]]

'''Other matters:'''

*[[Atheism and homosexuality]]
*[[Atheist bullying]]
*[[Atheism and profanity]]

== Atheism and immorality ==

*[[Atheism and morality]]
*[[Moral failures of the atheist population|List of the moral failures of the atheist community]]

== Causes of atheism ==

*[[Causes of atheism]]
*[[Atheism and deception]]
*[[Atheism and satanic deception]]

== Atheism and leadership ==

[[File:PzMyers2.jpg|thumbnail|251px|right|[[PZ Myers]]
 
 
(photo obtained from [http://www.flickr.com/photos/reuvenim/4426093513/ Flickr], see [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/deed.en license agreement]) ]]
* [[Atheism and leadership]]
* [[PZ Myers]]
* [[Richard Dawkins]]
* [[Sam Harris]]
* [[Atheist leaders and immoral relationships]]

Essays:

*[http://questionevolution.blogspot.com/2012/07/evolutionists-atheists-and-agnostics.html Evolutionists, atheists and agnostics: Where is your master plan to reverse your global decline?]

*[http://questionevolution.blogspot.com/2012/07/atheism-is-rudderless-and-unseaworthy.html Atheism is rudderless and unseaworthy]

== Atheism and education/intelligence ==

*[[Atheism and education]]
*[[Atheism and intelligence]]
*[[Intelligence trends in religious countries and secular countries]]

== Internet atheism ==

*[[Internet atheism]]

==Atheism quotes==

''See articles: [[Atheism Quotes]]'' and [[Humorous quotes about atheism and evolution]]

== Essays on atheism and evolution ==

*[[Essay: Atheism and evolution essays|Atheism and evolution essays]]

==Online videos concerning atheism and related topics==
*[[Atheism videos]]
*[[Creation vs. Evolution Videos]]

== Atheism and debates ==

*[[Atheism and debate]]

== Unattractiveness of atheism ==

*[[Unattractiveness of atheism]]

== Humor/satires of atheism ==

*[[Essay:Comedy and satires concerning atheism and evolution|Comedy and satires concerning atheism and evolution]]

== Miscellaneous articles on atheism ==

*[http://conservapedia.com/Category:Atheism Miscellaneous articles on atheism]

== Recommended reading ==
'''General Works Relating to Atheism and/or Defense of Theism''':

*[http://www.amazon.com/Top-Evidences-God-Creation-ebook/dp/B00E4DS2J0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1380144491&sr=8-1&keywords=jason+browning Top 15 Evidences for God and Creation] by Jason Browning
*[[Norman Geisler]], (2004), ''I Don't Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist'', Crossway, ISBN 9781581345612
* [[Vox Day]], (2008),''The Irrational Atheist'', BenBella Books, Inc. ISBN 1933771364
*[[Alister McGrath]], (2004), ''The Twilight of Atheism: The Rise and Fall of Disbelief in the Modern World'' ISBN 0-385-50061-0
*[[Ravi Zacharias]], (1994, 2004), ''A Shattered Visage: The Real Face of Atheism'' ISBN 0801065119
*[[Ravi Zacharias]], (1994, 1996), ''Can Man Live Without God?'' ISBN 0849939437
*[[Josh McDowell]] and Don Stewart, (1982) ''Understanding Secular Religions'', Here's Life Publishers, San Bernardino, California, ISBN 0-86605-093-0

'''Book on the [[New Atheism]]''':

*R. Albert Mohler Jr., (2008), ''Atheism Remix: A Christian Confronts the New Atheists'', Crossway, ISBN 9781433504976

'''Atheism and history''':

*Dimitry Pospielovsky, (December, 1987), ''A History of Marxist-Leninist Atheism and [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] Antireligious Policies'', Palgrave Macmillan, ISBN 0312381328
*Dimitry Pospielovsky, (November, 1987), ''Soviet Antireligious Campaigns and Persecutions (History of Soviet Atheism in Theory and Practice and the Believers, Vol 2)'', Palgrave Macmillan, ISBN 0312009054
*Dimitry Pospielovsky, (August, 1988), ''Soviet Studies on the Church and the Believer's Response to Atheism: A History of Soviet Atheism in Theory and Practice and the Believers, Vol 3'', Palgrave Macmillan, hardcover: ISBN 0312012918, paperback edition: ISBN 0312012926

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== Notes ==
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[[Category: Atheism]]

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[[File:Atheism.jpg|thumb|alt=atheism|right|226px|[[Paul-Henri Thiry]], Baron d'Holbach (1723 - 1789) was an early advocate of atheism in [[Europe]].]]
Below is a list of [[atheism]] articles which focus on major issues related to topic of atheism:

== Main atheism article ==

*[[Atheism]]

== Definition of atheism ==

*[[Definition of atheism]]

*[[Attempts to dilute the definition of atheism]]

*[[Definitions of Atheist and Agnostic]]

*[[Agnosticism]]

[[Image:Stalin-140508 27880t.jpg|right|235px|thumb|[[Joseph Stalin]], the Premier of the [[Soviet Union]] from 6 May 1941 to 5 March 1953, patronised the [[League of Militant Atheists]], whose chief aim, under the leadership of Yemelyan Yaroslavsky, was to propagate militant [[atheism]] and eradicate [[religion]].<ref name=Hesemann-Strieber>{{cite book|author=Michael Hesemann, Whitley Strieber|title=The Fatima Secret|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=tx-BEpkJBq8C&pg=PT107&dq=Joseph+Stalin+militant+atheism&hl=en&ei=-DeRTpLrJoPi0QHo88wi&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CDkQ6AEwAzgK#v=onepage&q=Joseph%20Stalin%20militant%20atheism&f=false|quote=Lenin's death in 1924 was followed by the rise of Joseph Stalin, "the man of steel," who founded the "Union of Militant Atheists," whose chief aim was to spread atheism and eradicate religion. In the following years it devastated hundreds of churches, destroyed old icons and relics, and persecuted the clergy with unimaginable brutality.|publisher=Random House Digital, Inc.|date=2000|accessdate=09 October 2011}}</ref><ref name=Steeves>{{cite book|author=Paul D. Steeves|title=Keeping the faiths: religion and ideology in the Soviet Union|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=l7soAAAAYAAJ&q=%22When+a+priest+is+deprived+of+his+congregation,+that+does+not%22&dq=%22When+a+priest+is+deprived+of+his+congregation,+that+does+not%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=_ijVUemwOoXRyQGqkICwBA&ved=0CDgQ6AEwAQ|quote=The League of Militant Atheists was formed in 1926 and by 1930 had recruited three million members. Five years later there were 50,000 local groups affiliated to the League and the nominal membership had risen to five million. Children from 8-14 years of age were enrolled in Groups of Godless Youth, and the League of Communist Youth (Komsomol) took a vigorous anti- religious line. Several antireligious museums were opened in former churches and a number of Chairs of Atheism were established in Soviet universities. Prizes were offered for the best 'Godless hymns' and for alternative versions of the Bible from which ... the leader of the League of Militant Atheists, Yemelian Yaroslavsky, said: "When a priest is deprived of his congregation, that does not mean that he stops being a priest. He changes into an itinerant priest. He travels around with his primitive tools in the villages, performs religious rites, reads prayers, baptizes children. Such wandering priests are at times more dangerous than those who carry on their work at a designated place of residence." The intensified persecution, which was a part of the general terror inflicted upon Soviet society by Stalin's policy, ...|publisher=Holmes & Meier|date=1989|accessdate=04 July 2013}}</ref>]]

== Types of atheism ==

*[[Militant atheism]]
*[[Atheist factions]]
*[[Schools of atheist thought]]
*[[Weak atheism]]
*[[Strong atheism]]
*[[New Atheism]]
*[[Atheism plus]]
*[[Atheism 3.0]]
*[[Brights Movement]]
*[[Apatheism]]
*[[Objectivism]]
*[[Buddhism]] (non-theistic Buddhism)
*[[Materialism]]
*[[Naturalism (philosophy)]]
*[[Secular humanism]]
*[[Atomism]]

== Atheism as a religion ==

*[[Atheism is a religion]]
*[[Atheist cults]]
*[[Atheism and belief]]
*[[Atheism and beliefs]]

== Atheist doubts about the validity of atheism ==

*[[Atheists have low retention rate compared to other worldviews]]
*[[Denials that atheists exist]]
*[[There Are No Atheists In Foxholes]]
*[[Essay: The question atheists fear|The question atheists fear]]
== Refutations of atheism ==

*[[Rebuttals to atheist arguments]]
*[[Christian apologetics|Evidence for Christianity]]
*[[Christian apologetics website resources|Websites and articles offering refutations of atheism]]
*[[Evolution]]
*[[Resources for leaving atheism and becoming a Christian]]
*[[Former atheists and agnostics]]

== Atheist population/demographics/statistics ==
[[File:Georgetown 2.jpg|thumbnail|right|250px|In 2012, a [[Georgetown University]] study was published indicating that only about 30 percent of those who grow up in an [[atheism|atheist]] household in the [[United States]] remain atheists as adults.<ref>http://www.christianpost.com/news/study-atheists-have-lowest-retention-rate-compared-to-religious-groups-78029/ Study: Atheists Have Lowest 'Retention Rate' Compared to Religious Groups</ref>]]
*[[Atheist Population]]
*[[American atheism]]
*[[Atheism statistics]]

=== Decline of global atheist population ===

*[[Global atheism]]
*[[Decline of atheism in terms of global adherents is expected to accelerate]]
*[[Essay: Atheism: A house divided and in global decline| Atheism: A house divided and in global decline]] - essay

== Views on atheists ==

*[[Views on Atheists|Views of atheists]]
*[[Atheism and the media]]
*[[Atheism and public relations]]
*[[Atheism and social outcasts]]

== Atheism and gender/race ==

*[[Atheism and women]]
*[[Western atheism and race]]
*[[Evolutionary racism]]

== Effects of atheism on individuals ==
[[File:Basketball.jpg|right|300px|thumbnail|Numerous studies report that athletes to be more religious than non-athletes.<ref>[http://www.thesportjournal.org/article/strength-religious-faith-athletes-and-nonathletes-two-ncaa-division-iii-institutions ''Strength of Religious Faith of Athletes and Nonathletes at Two NCAA Division III Institutions'']</ref>]]

*[[Atheism and depression]]
*[[Atheism and suicide]]
*[[Irreligion and superstition]]
*[[Atheism and irrationality]]
*[[Atheism and health]]
*[[Atheism and alcoholism]]
*[[Atheism and drug addiction]]
*[[Atheism and loneliness]]
*[[Atheist hypocrisy]]
*[[Sports performance: Religious faith vs. atheism]]
*[[Atheism and hedonism]]
*[[Atheism and obesity]]
*[[Atheism and cowardice]]
*[[Atheism and self-esteem]]
*[[Atheism and social outcasts]]

== Effects of atheism on society ==
[[Image:228130875 35181424e3.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[Per capita]] [[atheism|atheists]] and [[agnosticism|agnostics]] in America give significantly less to charity than [[theism|theists]] even when church giving is not counted for theists. See also: [[Atheism and charity|Atheism and uncharitableness]] ]]

'''Violence, oppression and religious/intellectual freedom:'''

*[[Atheism and mass murder]]
*[[Militant atheism]]
*[[Atheist indoctrination]]
*[[Atheism and social/interpersonal intelligence|Atheism and social skills]]

'''Ethical concerns:'''

*[[Atheism and deception]]
*[[Atheism and charity|Atheism and uncharitableness]]

'''Family/children matters:'''

[[File:Flag of Denmark.png|right|200px|thumbnail|[[Denmark]] is the third most atheistic country in the world and the website adherents.com reports that 43 - 80% of Danes are [[agnosticism|agnostics]]/atheists/non-believers in God.<ref name="Top 50">[http://www.thechapmans.nl/news/Atheist.pdf "Top 50 countries with highest proportion of atheists/agnostics (Zuckerman, 2005)"]. Chris and Terri Chapman. Retrieved on September 10, 2014.</ref>
 
In 2009, Suzanne Ost reported in her book published by Cambridge University Press, that the [[Atheism and child pornography|child pornography]] material produced in [[Denmark]] (and Holland) still constituted the largest part of child pornography that was currently available, having been transferred into digital format and uploaded onto the internet.<ref>Ost, Suzanne (2009). ''Child Pornography and Sexual Grooming: Legal and Societal Responses'' (Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press), p. 29.</ref>]]
*[[Atheism and marriage]]
*[[Atheism, polyamory and other immoral relationships]]
*[[Atheism and pornography]]
*[[Atheism and child pornography]]
*[[Atheism and poor relationships with parents]]

'''Crime:'''

*[[Irreligious prison population]]

'''Effects on various members of society:'''

*[[Abortion and atheism|Atheism and abortion]]
*[[Irreligion and domestic violence]]
*[[Western atheism and race|Atheism and racism]]
*[[Atheism and sexism]]
*[[Atheism and rape]]
*[[Atheism and politics]]
*[[Atheism and sadism]]

'''Mistreatment of animals:'''

*[[Atheism and bestiality|Atheism and the treatment of animals]]

'''Other matters:'''

*[[Atheism and homosexuality]]
*[[Atheist bullying]]
*[[Atheism and profanity]]

== Atheism and immorality ==

*[[Atheism and morality]]
*[[Moral failures of the atheist population|List of the moral failures of the atheist community]]

== Causes of atheism ==

*[[Causes of atheism]]
*[[Atheism and deception]]
*[[Atheism and satanic deception]]

== Atheism and leadership ==

[[File:PzMyers2.jpg|thumbnail|251px|right|[[PZ Myers]]
 
 
(photo obtained from [http://www.flickr.com/photos/reuvenim/4426093513/ Flickr], see [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/deed.en license agreement]) ]]
* [[Atheism and leadership]]
* [[PZ Myers]]
* [[Richard Dawkins]]
* [[Sam Harris]]
* [[Atheist leaders and immoral relationships]]

Essays:

*[http://questionevolution.blogspot.com/2012/07/evolutionists-atheists-and-agnostics.html Evolutionists, atheists and agnostics: Where is your master plan to reverse your global decline?]

*[http://questionevolution.blogspot.com/2012/07/atheism-is-rudderless-and-unseaworthy.html Atheism is rudderless and unseaworthy]

== Atheism and education/intelligence ==

*[[Atheism and education]]
*[[Atheism and intelligence]]
*[[Intelligence trends in religious countries and secular countries]]

== Internet atheism ==

*[[Internet atheism]]

==Atheism quotes==

''See articles: [[Atheism Quotes]]'' and [[Humorous quotes about atheism and evolution]]

== Essays on atheism and evolution ==

*[[Essay: Atheism and evolution essays|Atheism and evolution essays]]

==Online videos concerning atheism and related topics==
*[[Atheism videos]]
*[[Creation vs. Evolution Videos]]

== Atheism and debates ==

*[[Atheism and debate]]

== Unattractiveness of atheism ==

*[[Unattractiveness of atheism]]

== Humor/satires of atheism ==

*[[Essay:Comedy and satires concerning atheism and evolution|Comedy and satires concerning atheism and evolution]]

== Miscellaneous articles on atheism ==

*[http://conservapedia.com/Category:Atheism Miscellaneous articles on atheism]

== Recommended reading ==
'''General Works Relating to Atheism and/or Defense of Theism''':

*[http://www.amazon.com/Top-Evidences-God-Creation-ebook/dp/B00E4DS2J0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1380144491&sr=8-1&keywords=jason+browning Top 15 Evidences for God and Creation] by Jason Browning
*[[Norman Geisler]], (2004), ''I Don't Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist'', Crossway, ISBN 9781581345612
* [[Vox Day]], (2008),''The Irrational Atheist'', BenBella Books, Inc. ISBN 1933771364
*[[Alister McGrath]], (2004), ''The Twilight of Atheism: The Rise and Fall of Disbelief in the Modern World'' ISBN 0-385-50061-0
*[[Ravi Zacharias]], (1994, 2004), ''A Shattered Visage: The Real Face of Atheism'' ISBN 0801065119
*[[Ravi Zacharias]], (1994, 1996), ''Can Man Live Without God?'' ISBN 0849939437
*[[Josh McDowell]] and Don Stewart, (1982) ''Understanding Secular Religions'', Here's Life Publishers, San Bernardino, California, ISBN 0-86605-093-0

'''Book on the [[New Atheism]]''':

*R. Albert Mohler Jr., (2008), ''Atheism Remix: A Christian Confronts the New Atheists'', Crossway, ISBN 9781433504976

'''Atheism and history''':

*Dimitry Pospielovsky, (December, 1987), ''A History of Marxist-Leninist Atheism and [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] Antireligious Policies'', Palgrave Macmillan, ISBN 0312381328
*Dimitry Pospielovsky, (November, 1987), ''Soviet Antireligious Campaigns and Persecutions (History of Soviet Atheism in Theory and Practice and the Believers, Vol 2)'', Palgrave Macmillan, ISBN 0312009054
*Dimitry Pospielovsky, (August, 1988), ''Soviet Studies on the Church and the Believer's Response to Atheism: A History of Soviet Atheism in Theory and Practice and the Believers, Vol 3'', Palgrave Macmillan, hardcover: ISBN 0312012918, paperback edition: ISBN 0312012926

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