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    State atheism or atheist state is the incorporation of hard atheism or non-theism into political regimes. It is considered the opposite of theocracy and...
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  • Atheism, in the broadest sense, is an absence of belief in the existence of deities. Less broadly, atheism is a rejection of the belief that any deities...
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    Negative atheism, also called weak atheism and soft atheism, is any type of atheism where a person does not believe in the existence of any deities but...
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  • Atheism is the rejection of an assertion that a deity exists. In a narrower sense, positive atheism is specifically the position that there are no deities...
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  • Agnostic atheism — or atheistic agnosticism — is a philosophical position that encompasses both atheism and agnosticism. Agnostic atheists are atheistic...
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  • Accurate demographics of atheism are difficult to obtain since conceptions of atheism vary considerably across different cultures and languages, ranging...
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  • New Atheism describes the positions of some atheist academics, writers, scientists, and philosophers of the 20th and 21st centuries. New Atheism advocates...
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  • Marxist–Leninist atheism, also known as Marxist–Leninist scientific atheism, is the antireligious element of Marxism–Leninism. Based upon a dialectical-materialist...
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  • Criticism of atheism is criticism of the concepts, validity, or impact of atheism, including associated political and social implications. Criticisms include...
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  • Jewish atheism is the atheism of people who are ethnically and (at least to some extent) culturally Jewish. "Jewish atheism" is not a contradiction because...
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  • the argument that atheism is a religion has been described as a contradiction in terms. Jewish atheism usually refers to the atheism of people who are...
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  • the policy of state atheism which opposed the growth of religions. Antireligion is distinct from deity-specific positions such as atheism (the lack of...
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    Implicit atheism and explicit atheism are types of atheism. In George H. Smith's Atheism: The Case Against God, "implicit atheism" is defined as "the absence...
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    A unitary state is a state or sovereign state governed as a single entity in which the central government is the supreme authority. The central government...
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    result in the adoption of state atheism. The degree to which an official national religion is imposed upon citizens by the state in contemporary society...
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  • Anti-clericalism (category Separation of church and state)
    anti-clericalism grew more violent than Europe would see until the rise of state atheism in communist Eastern Europe. The new revolutionary authorities suppressed...
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  • god or gods. Practical atheism does not see the god questions as irrelevant, in contrast to apatheism. Thus, "practical atheism is disregard for the answers...
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  • religion in any public sphere. Secularism may encapsulate anti-clericalism, atheism, naturalism, non-sectarianism, neutrality on topics of religion, or antireligion...
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    future implanting of religious belief, with the goal of establishing state atheism (gosateizm). However, the main religions of pre-revolutionary Russia...
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  • overview of and topical guide to atheism: Atheism – rejection of belief in the existence of deities. In a narrower sense, atheism is specifically the position...
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  • The Trouble with Atheism is an hour-long documentary on atheism, presented by Rod Liddle. It was broadcast on Channel 4 in Britain in December 2006. The...
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    in His image and likeness." Under the Marxist–Leninist doctrine of state atheism in the Soviet Union after its foundation in 1917, Christmas celebrations—along...
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    propagation of Marxist-Leninist atheism in the Soviet Union. However, most religions were never officially outlawed. The state advocated the destruction of...
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  • demographics of atheism are difficult to obtain since conceptions of atheism and self-identification are context dependent by culture. In 2009, Pew stated that only...
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    Irreligion in Estonia pertains to atheism, agnosticism, and secularism of the people and institutions of Estonia. Irreligion is prominent in Estonia,...
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  • against atheists, sometimes called atheophobia, atheistophobia, or anti-atheism, both at present and historically, includes persecution of and discrimination...
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    Marxist–Leninist atheism received little official attention. In the mid-1950s, as the Cold War heated up, atheism became a topic of major interest for the state, in...
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  • (philosophy) Negative and positive atheism New Atheism Post-theism Secular humanism Scientism State atheism Cline, Austin. "Atheism and anti-theism: What's the...
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  • Atheism and agnosticism have a long history in India and flourish within the Śramaṇa movement. Indian religions like Jainism, Hinduism and Buddhism consider...
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  • offences which are dubbed blasphemy". State atheism has been defined by David Kowalewski as the official "promotion of atheism" by a government, typically by...
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