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Atheism

"The Christian god can easily be pictured as virtually the same god as the many ancient gods of past civilizations. The Christian god is a three headed monster; cruel, vengeful and capricious. If one wishes to know more of this raging, three headed beast-like god, one only needs to look at the caliber of people who say they serve him. They are always of two classes: fools and hypocrites(Jefferson). Atheism is the belief that God does not exist and Judaism believes in only a unitary God and Christianity believes in the Trinity of God. This natural progression might be thought of as the stair steps to truth, but whose truth is the real question we need to answer, and I can assure you that it cannot be answered in a mere 8 pages. Disregard youre current opinion and give merit to each point of view, and then decide which is right for you. As of 1994 there were an estimated 240 million atheists around the world comprising slightly more than 4 percent of the worlds population, including those who profess atheism, skepticism, disbelief, or irreligion(Michael). Disbelief in God might be considered arrogant, but as you can see the group we refer to as atheists includes not only simple-minded imbeciles, but also the great American diplomat, Thomas Jefferson. Atheists are frequently asked what atheism has to offer as opposed to religion. To answer this question, I need to assume that there are no gods or supernatural entities to reward us with a peaceful eternity if we follow some established morality. If the reason for this assumption is proven false, then the question is meaningless, as atheism ceases to exist(Goluboff). A strong one-sided statement that gives little attention the fact that we presently are occupying a planet that has been created, hence the word created. Atheist beliefs leave an open-ended answer to the concept of creation. Granted Christianity and Judaism provide a supernatural answer to the question of creation...

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