Atheist
 Atheist  (religion)   | |
|---|---|
| Interest of | Richard Dawkins |
| A religious belief. | |
Atheism is in simple terms the believe no god exists.
Positioning
| In this clip, stand up comedian Andrew Schulz from The Brilliant Idiots discusses his hesitation to become atheist |
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 exist. In an even narrower sense, atheism is specifically the position that there are no deities. Atheism is contrasted with theism which in its most general form is the belief that at least one deity exists.[1]
Origin
The first individuals to identify themselves as atheists lived in the 1700s during the Age of Enlightenment. The French Revolution, was - along mass murder of aristocrats and perhaps not a coincidence - known for a high growth of atheists in France. In 1967, Albania declared itself the first official atheist country according to its policy of state Marxism.
Adherents on Wikispooks
| Adherent | Born | Died | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alfred Grosser | 1 February 1925 | 2024 | German-French writer known for his contributions towards the Franco-German cooperation. Attended Bilderberg/1980. Later known for criticizing Israel and the cynical use of antisemitism accusations. |
| Culbert Olson | 7 November 1876 | 13 April 1962 | 29th governor of California from 1939 to 1943. |
| Ronald Plasterk | 12 April 1957 | Genetic scientist and former Dutch Minister | |
| Josef Stalin | 18 December 1878 | 5 March 1953 | |
| Yanis Varoufakis | 24 March 1961 | Greek politician and later Minister of Finance. In the last role played a much publicized campaign against the selling of Greek (state) companies during the Greece/Debt crisis. | |
| Henk Vredeling | 20 November 1924 | 27 October 2007 | Mysterious smuggler between CIA and Israel in the Yom Kippur War. Operated without government knowledge. Officially the connection of the Dutch to the 1973 Oil Crisis. |
| Jason Walters | 6 March 1985 | A convicted terrorist who's Hofstadgroup - being under siege 2 miles from The Hague's parliamentary quarter - helped Islam becoming a permanent enemy image in Dutch sentiment. | |
| Einat Wilf | 11 December 1970 | Spooky wife of Richard Gutjahr who ran for the presidency of the World Jewish Congress. |
Related Quotation
| Page | Quote | Author | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jimmy Carter | “"Yes the incident of Jimmy Carter crying after being briefed about classified information regarding UFO's is largely believed to be true by the serious researchers on the subject. As a forewarning, the following information is very unsettling and will explain why Cater never "kept his promise" of revealing classified UFO information to the public.
According to the story that was corroborated by more than once witness, U.S. presidents are only given a cursory overview of the subject. Apparently, the CIA runs the program, only provide information to the President on a need to know basis, and do no consider presidential curiosity as sufficient need to know. This was implemented after Kennedy, and all presidents after him have been given only summary briefings (some presidents for unknown reasons were given more than others). Okay onto your question, President Carter is a deeply religious man who had also witnessed a UFO with 6 other people. Everyone thought that he would be the one to finally release UFO info to the public but as the story goes, he was repeatedly stonewalled. Eventually, the CIA had "the talk" with him, and afterward it was reported that he sunk his head in his hands and not only began to deeply sob, but was visibly disturbed for some weeks afterward. What was he told and shown? He was told that major religions including Christianity were programs created by extraterrestrials to prevent us from destroying ourselves while they ran their experiments on us -- and that they made us. At this moment is became clear to Carter that such information could cause tremendous economic and social upheaval. I should add that I am not only a Christian, but a clergyman, so I am in no way attempting to promote atheism here. In fact, how God fits into this might be an interesting separate post. Nevertheless, these are the facts as I know them to be."” | Jimmy Carter Ed Harris | 2021 |
