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At the same time, his zeal as a Christian apologist gives his argument a strident and parochial tone. McGrath's difficulties begin when he tries to define atheism." [1] Julian Baggini considers that "A book like Alister McGrath’s The Twilight of Atheism no longer looks perversely contrarian, but a fair reflection of social reality". [3]
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 documentary focuses on criticising atheism for its perceived similarities to religion, as well as arrogance and intolerance.
The last 50 years has seen an increase in academic philosophical arguments critical of the positions of atheism arguing that they are philosophically unsound. [12] Some of the more common of these arguments are the presumption of atheism, [13] the logical argument from evil, [14] the evidential argument from evil, [15] [16] [17] the argument from nonbelief [18] and absence of evidence arguments.
The Rage Against God (subtitle in US editions: How Atheism Led Me to Faith) is the fifth book by Peter Hitchens, first published in 2010. The book describes Hitchens's journey from atheism , far-left politics , and bohemianism to Christianity and conservatism , detailing the influences on him that led to his conversion .
AtheistTV was founded by the American Atheists organisation, was announced on May 7, 2014, [2] and launched on July 29 the same year. [3] It was available through the Roku streaming network, as well as online through the American Atheists website. As of August 2014, in addition to its live streaming channel, Atheist TV offers the following content:
Discrimination against atheists, sometimes called atheophobia, [1] atheistophobia, [2] or anti-atheism, [3] [4] both at present and historically, includes persecution of and discrimination against people who are identified as atheists. Discrimination against atheists may be manifested by negative attitudes, prejudice, hostility, hatred, fear ...
Wood was an atheist [4] [11] in his youth, and stated that he had run-ins with the law by breaking into homes. He later smashed his father's head in with a hammer [12] at the age of 18 in an attempt on his life, claiming a belief that morality was merely societal rules that were beneath him.
Positive atheism, also called strong atheism and hard atheism, is the form of atheism that additionally asserts that no deities exist. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The terms "negative atheism" and "positive atheism" were used by Antony Flew in 1976 [ 1 ] and have appeared in George H. Smith 's [ 4 ] and Michael Martin 's writings since 1990.