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== Some attributes of the atheist worldview ==
== Some attributes of the atheist worldview ==
=== Atheists, naturalism and life after death ===
=== Atheists and naturalism ===
''See also:'' [[Naturalism (philosophy)|Naturalism]]
''See also:'' [[Naturalism (philosophy)|Naturalism]]
A majority of atheists hold to the philosophy of [[Naturalism (philosophy)|naturalism]] which rejects the [[miracles|miraculous]].
A majority of atheists hold to the philosophy of [[Naturalism (philosophy)|naturalism]] which rejects the [[miracles|miraculous]].
=== Atheism and views of death ===
''See also:'' [[Atheism and death]]
''See also:'' [[Atheism and death]]
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>}}
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>}}
=== View of death for atheists who hold to naturalism ===
''See also:'' [[Atheism and death]] and [[Atheism and Hell]]
The atheist who holds to naturalism sees only [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/extinction oblivion and personal extinction] in [[death]]: ''cessation of existence, no knowledge, no pain, no pleasure, no activity, '''nothing:''''' no heaven, no hell, no punishment for being evil, no reward for being holy. (See [http://biblehub.com/multi/revelation/22-11.htm Revelation 22:11]<ref>[http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/nirvana nirvana (Buddhist term)] (oxforddictionaries.com)</ref>.) Significantly, the medical profession has found that the two groups who face death with the least degree of anguish are devout Christians and absolute atheists.<ref>[http://www.atheist-community.org/library/newsletters/2010-01.pdf Perspectives on Death and Dying by an Atheist Nurse] (atheist-community.org)</ref>
=== Atheism and evolution ===
=== Atheism and evolution ===