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| | *[[Global atheism]] (Atheists have a sub-replacement level of fertility and are shrinking as a percentage of the world's population) | | *[[Global atheism]] (Atheists have a sub-replacement level of fertility and are shrinking as a percentage of the world's population) |
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| | + | == Atheism, love, God, anger and apathy == |
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| | + | [[Jesus Christ]] said that greatest commandment in the [[Old Testament]] is to love God with all your heart, soul and mind (Mark 12:30-31). In addition, the Bible says that God is love (1 John 4:8). |
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| | + | Opposites of love are hate, anger and apathy. |
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| | + | On January 1, 2011, [[CNN]] reported: |
| | + | {{cquote|[[Nones|People unaffiliated]] with organized religion, atheists and [[Agnosticism|agnostics]] also report anger toward God either in the past, or anger focused on a hypothetical image - that is, what they imagined God might be like - said lead study author Julie Exline, Case Western Reserve University psychologist. |
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| | + | In studies on college students, atheists and agnostics reported more anger at God during their lifetimes than believers.<ref>[http://thechart.blogs.cnn.com/2011/01/01/anger-at-god-common-even-among-atheists/ Anger at God common, even among atheists]</ref>}} |
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| | + | No doubt many atheists mask/supress their anger towards God by feigning indifference and/or telling themselves that they are indifferent concerning His existence (See also: [[Atheism and hatred of God]]). |
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| | + | A subgroup of [[Atheism|atheists]]/agnostics refers to themselves as [[Apatheism|apatheists]]. |
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| | == Atheism, theism, love, choice and consciousness == | | == Atheism, theism, love, choice and consciousness == |
| | [[File:Cerebellum.jpg|right|thumbnail|140px|The human brain is the most complex physical structure in the universe.<ref> | | [[File:Cerebellum.jpg|right|thumbnail|140px|The human brain is the most complex physical structure in the universe.<ref> |