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==Types of atheism ==
==Types of atheism ==
There different types of atheism, based on different answers to the following questions:
There different types of atheism, based on different answers to the following questions:
* In what God or gods disbelieve?
* In what God or gods deny or disbelieve?
* Why does the atheist disbelieve?
* Why does the atheist deny or disbelieve?
* How does the atheist's disbelief manifest itself?
* How does the atheist's denial or disbelief manifest itself?
=== Which god? ===
=== Which god? ===
Since atheism is disbelief in a God or gods, it is important first to identify in ''which god'' the atheist disbelieves. In ancient times, for example, Christians were accused of being atheists because of their denial of the pagan gods, even though they believed in the ''Christian'' God.<ref>Athenagoras, ''A Plea for the Christians, 2d century a.d.[http://www.earlychristianwritings.com/text/athenagoras-plea.html]</ref> Socrates was also accused of Atheism, although references to God run throughout his recorded statements.<ref>Plato, Apol., 26,c.</ref> Also, [[Albert Einstein]] and [[Baruch Spinoza]] professed belief in "God," but they defined "God" as the cosmos as a whole, and without personality. Therefore, one can be considered an atheist with respect to one god, but a theist with respect to another, and it is important to understand first in ''what God'' the atheist denies or claims to disbelieve.
Since atheism is denial or disbelief in a God or gods, it is important first to identify in ''which god'' the atheist denies or disbelieves. In ancient times, for example, Christians were accused of being atheists because of their disbelief of the pagan gods, even though they believed in the ''Christian'' God.<ref>Athenagoras, ''A Plea for the Christians, 2d century a.d.[http://www.earlychristianwritings.com/text/athenagoras-plea.html]</ref> Socrates was also accused of Atheism, although references to God run throughout his recorded statements.<ref>Plato, Apol., 26,c.</ref> Also, [[Albert Einstein]] and [[Baruch Spinoza]] professed belief in "God," but they defined "God" as the cosmos as a whole, and without personality. Therefore, one can be considered an atheist with respect to one god, but a theist with respect to another, and it is important to understand first in ''what God'' the atheist denies or claims to disbelieve.
=== Reasons for disbelief ===
=== Reasons for disbelief ===