One of these applies to you:
1. You are an atheist looking to further your atheism (and you are offended by theism), thus you looked up atheism.
2. You are a theist, therefore you looking to further your theism (and you are offended by atheism), thus you looked up atheism
John is an atheist therefor he wants to learn more about it.
Jack is a theist therefor he wants to learn more about atheism.

Moral of story...learn stuff.
by Cliff Whitty August 21, 2006
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Someone who believes only in reality.
An Atheist is someone who believes in things that actually exist. Scientist.
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a person who rejects religons hypocrisy.
a triumph of logic over fear.
by be excellent to each other August 29, 2003
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A person that does not believe in the idea of a God either due to the lack of evidence supporting the idea, the massive trove of contradictions or both.

Not all atheists hate religion or support evolution, this is merely a claim from religious people unable to realise that their religion is a belief floating on faith, not a fact backed up with other facts.
Some reasons Atheists may use for no believing in religion

1- "You claim the Earth cannot have formed itself yet you say that it was made by an invisible sky man that formed themself?"

2- "If you read your bible you will see how cruel your god is and all the atrocities done in their name. Even if your god was real I wouldn't believe in someone like that."

3- "I decide to question things to get my knowledge rather than assume something so complex for me to understand instantly needs a creator. If fundamentalists actually listened to us and researched the theory of evolution (and making out the fact of evolution doesn't exist either)then maybe they would actually realise that it makes more sense than their religion full of flaws and contradictions
by Ridley Kraid February 16, 2008
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Most of the time are nice people who don't push there beliefs on Christians, just as most of the time christians don't push there belifs on Atheist's. The Media, makes both seem true. But dont get me wrong, there are both types. My science teacher back in 6th grade had once said to a student that he would love to tell him the truth about Christianity, and if it wasn't for laws stopping him he would. That's the example of the bad kind, someone who has to to push opinions all over people, and the fact that he was like 11 years old was especially stupid.

The atheist belief though, is often strange. Atheist belive in no higher power, however there is no evidence that they are right. The Big Bang theory is a theory, not fact, and even if there was a big bang, where did THAT come from? Life is so uncertain and history is unclear to know what happensa and what has happened.

But no matter what it will always be this way: Where there is faith and hope, there is always someone to ruin it. Like I said, there is always the good kind who dont push it on people, science in generel seems to push belifs like this. People were a whole lot happier not knowing all these scientific facts supposedly disaproving there whole life and belifs, why does it have to be that way? They say ignorance is bliss, BUT they are not provin ignorant yet! The way I see it, everything but medical science is not neccisarily needed. Science has created the very things we fear, chemical weapons. Science sheds light on the world, but the light can kill you. The whole basic idea of science is to find out what every single thing really is. I honestly do not care if everything but lighning is made of atoms, but I really care those same atoms could destroy a whole country.
Atheists and Science are like the guy at the theature who ruins the end of the movie.
by Spikesy July 5, 2006
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A logical, common-sense based belief of how the world works. The understanding that the idea of a "god" is very irrational, possibly comical. An Atheist does not just accept a story called the Bible as being non-fiction. A realization that the Bible is in fact a fiction book written by dead guys.
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All men are not created equal. Only the strong will prosper. Only the strong will conquer. Only in the darkness of Christ have I realized God Hates Us All...- SLAYER

"All the kings horses and all the kings men, couldn't put humpty dumpty back together again. That's because there is no humpty dumpy, and there is no god." George Carlin

Faith means not wanting to know what is true. – Friedrich Nietzsche
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A person who does not believe in God, or religion for that matter. Unfortunately, many atheists ridicule and insult other religions, even though they could simply accept other people's beliefs and respect them. For example, many people on the internet are atheists and bash other religions mercilessly, feeling that being an atheist is intelligent and makes them better than people who believe in religion. These atheists can often be found on internet forums, insulting other people.
(on an internet forum)

Person: "Yea, I thought Adam Sandler was pretty funny in taht movie."

Angry Atheist: "You actually think Adam Sandler is funny? Ha! You stupid conformist... You must be a Christian... Oh, and by the way, learn how to spell 'that', dumbass."

by Curlbacca July 24, 2006
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