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== Some attributes of the atheist worldview ==
== Some attributes of the atheist worldview ==
=== Atheism and naturalism/evolution ===
=== Atheists, naturalism and life after death ===
''See also:'' [[Atheism and evolution]]
''See also:'' [[Naturalism (philosophy)|Naturalism]] and [[Atheism and death]]
A majority of atheists hold to the philosophy of [[Naturalism (philosophy)|Naturalism]] which rejects the [[miracles|miraculous]].
However, the website the Skeptics Guide declared:
A survey compiled in 2014 by The Austin Institute for the Study of Family and Culture (AISFC) reveals that 32 percent of Americans who identified themselves as agnostics and atheists believe in an afterlife of some kind. In addition, 6 percent of the same non-theistic group expressed a belief in a “bodily resurrection”. These numbers were taken from a sample of 15,738 Americans, all of which were between the ages of 18 and 60. According to the data, 13.2 percent of Americans identify themselves as atheist, agnostic, or some other variation of non-believing.
I found these results to be quite surprising. Having been immersed in circles of atheists and agnostics for the past 20 years, the numbers revealed by this study are higher than I would have guessed, by quite a lot. What stands out the most is that 6% expressed a belief in resurrection. It could be a statistical anomaly of some sort (perhaps the respondents did not understand the question about bodily resurrection?) Why an atheist or agnostic would believe that a dead person could come back to life seems entirely contrary to their worldview.<ref>[http://www.theskepticsguide.org/one-third-of-atheists-agnostics-believe-in-an-afterlife Survey: 32% of Atheists & Agnostics Believe in an Afterlife]</ref>}}
=== Atheism and morality ===
=== Atheism and morality ===