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→The absoluteness of the lack of belief asserted
=== The absoluteness of the lack of belief asserted ===
=== The absoluteness of the lack of belief asserted ===
''See also:'' [[Atheists doubting the validity of atheism]] and [[Ex-atheists]]
''See also:'' [[Atheists doubting the validity of atheism]] and [[Ex-atheists]]
“Why, God, why?” I ask myself when I’ve procrastinated before a deadline and am scrambling.<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2016/02/04/im-an-atheist-so-why-cant-i-shake-god/ I’m an atheist. So why can’t I shake God?]</ref>}}
“Why, God, why?” I ask myself when I’ve procrastinated before a deadline and am scrambling.<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2016/02/04/im-an-atheist-so-why-cant-i-shake-god/ I’m an atheist. So why can’t I shake God?]</ref>}}
[[Image:Francis_Bacon.jpg|thumbnail|right|200px|Sir [[Francis Bacon]]]]
Sir [[Francis Bacon]] wrote:
Sir [[Francis Bacon]] declared:
{{Cquote|The Scripture saith, The fool hath said in his heart, there is no God; it is not said, The fool hath thought in his heart; so as he rather saith it, by rote to himself, as that he would have, than that he can thoroughly believe it, or be persuaded of it....It appeareth in nothing more, that atheism is rather in the lip, than in the heart of man." - , his essay ''Of Atheism''<ref>Ibid, p. 107.</ref>}}
{{Cquote|The Scripture saith, The fool hath said in his heart, there is no God; it is not said, The fool hath thought in his heart; so as he rather saith it, by rote to himself, as that he would have, than that he can thoroughly believe it, or be persuaded of it....It appeareth in nothing more, that atheism is rather in the lip, than in the heart of man." - , his essay ''Of Atheism''<ref>Ibid, p. 107.</ref>}}