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* Carvaka school: an atheistic and materialistic offshoot of [[Hinduism]] in the 6th century b.c.

* Carvaka school: an atheistic and materialistic offshoot of [[Hinduism]] in the 6th century b.c.

* Samkhya school: an atheistic school of classical Indian philosophy, originating in the 6th century b.c.

* Samkhya school: an atheistic school of classical Indian philosophy, originating in the 6th century b.c.

* Diagoras: Greek philosopher who denied the existence of the Greek pantheon

* [[Diagoras]]: Greek philosopher who denied the existence of the Greek pantheon

* Epicurus: Greek philosopher espousing [[materialism]], and stated that, even if the gods exist, they do not interact with humans and are therefore non-existent for all practical purposes;

* [[Epicurus]]: Greek philosopher espousing [[materialism]], and stated that, even if the gods exist, they do not interact with humans and are therefore non-existent for all practical purposes;

* Lucretius: Greek philosopher espousing materialism, and stated that man should not believe in the gods because their ideas about the gods and their fear of death made men unhappy;

* Lucretius: Greek philosopher espousing materialism, and stated that man should not believe in the gods because their ideas about the gods and their fear of death made men unhappy;

*[[Friedrich Nietzsche]]: Prominent 20th century atheist philosopher;

*[[Friedrich Nietzsche]]: Prominent 20th century atheist philosopher;

*[[Mao Zedong]]: Chinese Communist leader;

*[[Mao Zedong]]: Chinese Communist leader;

*Paul Kurtz: founder of the Council of [[Secular Humanism]]

*Paul Kurtz: founder of the Council of [[Secular Humanism]]

*Isaac Asimov

*[[Isaac Asimov]]

*[[David Hume]]

*[[David Hume]]

*[[Bertrand Russell]]

*[[Bertrand Russell]]

*[[Douglas Adams]]

*[[Douglas Adams]]

*[[Ernest Hemingway]]

*[[Ernest Hemingway]]

==External links==

==External links==

*[http://creationwiki.org/Decline_of_atheism Decline of Atheism -CreationWiki]

*[http://creationwiki.org/Decline_of_atheism Decline of Atheism -CreationWiki]