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Audio Help /ˈeɪ θi ɪst / Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation [ey -thee-ist ] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation –noun a person who denies or disbelieves the existence of a supreme being or beings.
[Origin: 1565–75; áthe (os ) godless + -ist ] —Synonyms Atheist, agnostic, infidel, skeptic refer to persons not inclined toward religious belief or a particular form of religious belief. An atheist is one who denies the existence of a deity or of divine beings. An agnostic is one who believes it impossible to know anything about God or about the creation of the universe and refrains from commitment to any religious doctrine. Infidel means an unbeliever, especially a nonbeliever in Islam or Christianity. A skeptic doubts and is critical of all accepted doctrines and creeds.
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One who disbelieves or denies the existence of God or gods.
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atheist
1571, from Fr. athéiste (16c.), from Gk. atheos "to deny the gods, godless," from a- "without" + theos "a god" (see Thea ). A slightly earlier form is represented by atheonism (c.1534) which is perhaps from It. atheo "atheist." "The existence of a world without God seems to me less absurd than the presence of a God, existing in all his perfection, creating an imperfect man in order to make him run the risk of Hell." [Armand Salacrou, "Certitudes et incertitudes," 1943]
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atheist adjective 1. related to or characterized by or given to atheism; "atheist leanings" noun 1. someone who denies the existence of god
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ˈatheist noun
a person who does not believe in God
Arabic: مُلحِـد
Chinese (Simplified): 无神论者
Chinese (Traditional): 無神論者
Czech: ateista
Danish: ateist
Dutch: athea ast
Estonian: ateist
Finnish: ateisti
French: athée
German: der, *die Atheist(in)
Greek: άθεος
Hungarian: ateista
Icelandic: guðleysingi
Indonesian: (seorang) ateis
Italian: ateo
Japanese: 無神論者
Korean: 무신론자
Latvian: ateists
Lithuanian: ateistas
Norwegian: ateist
Polish: ateista
Portuguese (Brazil): ateu
Portuguese (Portugal): ateu
Romanian: ateu
Russian: атеист
Slovak: ateista, -ka
Slovenian: ateist
Spanish: ateo
Swedish: ateist
Turkish: Tanrının varlığına inanmayan, Tanrı tanımaz, ateist
See also: atheism
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'Atheism', as an explicit position, can be either the affirmation of the
nonexistence of gods,
beliefs in God or spiritual beings... a more adequate characterization of
atheism consists in the more complex claim that to be an atheist is to be
someone who rejects belief in God for [reasons that depend] on how God is being
conceived." It is also[ religioustolerance.org's short article on]
[http://www.religioustolerance.org/atheist4.htm Definitions of the term
"Atheism"] suggests that there is no consensus on the definition of the term.
Most dictionaries (see the [http://www.onelook.com/ OneLook] query for
[http://www.onelook.com/?w=atheism&ls=a "atheism"]) first list one of the more
narrow definitions. defined more broadly as an absence of belief in
deities, or nontheism.
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Many self-described atheists are skeptical of all supernatural beings and cite a
lack of empirical evidence for the existence of deities. Others argue for
atheism on philosophical, social or historical grounds. Although many self-
described atheists tend toward secular philosophies such as
humanism[Honderich, Ted (Ed.) (1995). "Humanism". The Oxford Companion to]
Philosophy. Oxford University Press. p 376. ISBN 0198661320. and
naturalism,[Fales, Evan. "Naturalism and Physicalism", in .] there is
no one ideology or set of behaviors to which all atheists adhere;[.]
and some religions, such as Jainism and Buddhism, do not require belief in a
personal god.
The term atheism originated as a pejorative epithet applied to any person or
belief in conflict with established religion.[and; to these]
the English words ungodly and ungodliness correspond rather closely. In exactly
the same way as ungodly,'' was used as an expression of severe censure and moral
condemnation; this use is an old one, and the oldest that can be traced. Not
till later do we find it employed to denote a certain philosophical creed.
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| quote = An Atheist is taken two ways, for him who is an enemy to the Gods,
| and for him who believeth there are no Gods.}}
With the spread of freethought, scientific skepticism, and criticism of
religion, the term began to gather a more specific meaning and has been
increasingly used as a self-description by atheists.
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Hoosier Harmony: Indianas Brave New WorldThis article offers you all the information on Hoosier Harmony and its history. When people picture the Hoover state they generally think of rolling farmland and Bible-belt values. Indiana is famous for its NASCAR, college sports and David Letterman rather than its pioneering social experiments, but in the early part of the 19th century this was not the case.
The exceptional town of New Harmony was founded in 1814 in what is today Posey Country, Indiana. Over the next 14 years it was home to not one but two would-be Utopias. Today it is home to less than 1000 people, and its commune past is long behind it, but in its day New Harmony was a magnet for scientists, scholars and radical thinkers.
New Harmony was born from the efforts of the Harmony Society, a religious movement founded by German separatists. Their leader was one George Rapp, and from him they received the sobriquet of Rappites, though they were often also referred to as the Harmonists.
The original town of Harmony was founded by the Rappites in Pennsylvania in 1805, where its prosperity inspired Rapp to found a 2nd Harmonist commune in Indiana only 9 years later.
The key tenants of the Rappist movement were based on the communal yet austere religious philosophy of George Rapp. All property was communally owned. The most difficult rule, both in terms of enforcement and the growth of the towns population was a strict code of celibacy.
Though New Harmony was an industrial and agricultural success, Rapp became eager to return to Pennsylvania, and in 1825 the Harmonists went back east to found the town of Economy. Enter English cotton manufacturer and social reformer Robert Owen.
Owen was a self-made man who believed passionately in the peaceful transformation of society into a fully cooperative model as opposed to a competitive one. Owen was an atheist of sorts who believed that environment was the defining factor in shaping individual character, though he shared the communal property aspects of the Rappite social philosophy.
Over the next 3 years New Harmony became an American scientific and educational Mecca. Indeed The 1st kindergarten, free public school, free library, and t school with equal education for boys and girls in the United States were all established in new Haven, Indiana.
All the citizens did not embrace the communistic ideas of New Haven however, and in 1828 the dissenters won out. New Haven ceased to exist in its experimental form, and a disappointed Owen returned to England.
The original Harmonists, always a cult of personality as much as a social movement, didnt fare much better after the death of their founder in 1847. The few remaining faithful, adhering to the doctrine of celibacy, hung on for some time, but it was inevitable that the sect die out, and it did so in 1906.
Communalist societies never did get a real foothold in the United States, but some of the ideas introduced in New Haven, especially those regarding public education, did eventually become part of the fabric of its society. There are still 25 original Rappite buildings standing in New Harmony today.
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