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[[Image:Burke-Edmund.jpg|right|thumb|200px|[[Edmund Burke]] was adamantly against atheism and pointed out its negative influence on the political realm.<ref>[http://treesforlunch.blogspot.com/2010/08/edmund-burke-on-atheism.html Edmund Burke on atheism]</ref>]]

[[File:EdmundBurke1771.jpg|right|thumb|200px|[[Edmund Burke]] was adamantly against atheism and pointed out its negative influence on the political realm.<ref>[http://treesforlunch.blogspot.com/2010/08/edmund-burke-on-atheism.html Edmund Burke on atheism]</ref>]]

[[Atheism|Atheist]] Dr. [[Gordon Stein]] wrote:  

[[Atheism|Atheist]] Dr. [[Gordon Stein]] wrote:  

{{cquote|Atheism has long ceased to be a rare and oft-ignored philosophical outlook...It has transformed itself into an active political programme with clear objectives which, though they vary from state to state, unequivocally include the elimination of state religion, religious education, and the enshrinement of [[scientism]]."<ref>Gordon Stein, ''Encyclopedia of Politics and Religion,'' 74.</ref>}}

{{cquote|Atheism has long ceased to be a rare and oft-ignored philosophical outlook...It has transformed itself into an active political programme with clear objectives which, though they vary from state to state, unequivocally include the elimination of state religion, religious education, and the enshrinement of [[scientism]]."<ref>Gordon Stein, ''Encyclopedia of Politics and Religion,'' 74.</ref>}}