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Modern scholars are divided on the issue of whether or not [[David Hume]] was an atheist.<ref>http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/hume-religion/#10</ref> With that caveat in mind, Hume is well known for argueing that it is always more probable that the testimony of a miracle is false than that the miracle occurred.<ref>http://www.leaderu.com/offices/billcraig/docs/creation-providence.html</ref> Christian apologists [[Wiliam Lane Craig]], [[Norman Geisler]], [[C.S. Lewis]] and others have shown the inadequacy and unreasonableness of Hume's position regarding miracles. <ref>http://www.leaderu.com/offices/billcraig/docs/creation-providence.html</ref><ref>http://www.leaderu.com/offices/billcraig/docs/miracles.html</ref><ref>http://www.ses.edu/journal/articles/2.1Hoffman.pdf</ref><ref>http://www.leaderu.com/truth/1truth19.html</ref><ref>http://www.cslewisinstitute.org/pages/resources/publications/knowingDoing/2004/Miracles.pdf</ref> <ref>http://www.tektonics.org/gk/hume01.html</ref> <ref>http://www.comereason.org/phil_qstn/phi060.asp</ref>
Modern scholars are divided on the issue of whether or not [[David Hume]] was an atheist.<ref>http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/hume-religion/#10</ref> With that caveat in mind, Hume is well known for argueing that it is always more probable that the testimony of a miracle is false than that the miracle occurred.<ref>http://www.leaderu.com/offices/billcraig/docs/creation-providence.html</ref> Christian apologists [[Wiliam Lane Craig]], [[Norman Geisler]], [[C.S. Lewis]] and others have shown the inadequacy and unreasonableness of Hume's position regarding miracles. <ref>http://www.leaderu.com/offices/billcraig/docs/creation-providence.html</ref><ref>http://www.leaderu.com/offices/billcraig/docs/miracles.html</ref><ref>http://www.ses.edu/journal/articles/2.1Hoffman.pdf</ref><ref>http://www.leaderu.com/truth/1truth19.html</ref><ref>http://www.cslewisinstitute.org/pages/resources/publications/knowingDoing/2004/Miracles.pdf</ref> <ref>http://www.tektonics.org/gk/hume01.html</ref> <ref>http://www.comereason.org/phil_qstn/phi060.asp</ref>
== Well Known Proponents of Atheism ==
== Other Well Known Proponents of Atheism ==
[[Image:Ncvjgfu.jpg|right|thumbnail|150px|[[Mao Zedong]]]]
[[Image:Ncvjgfu.jpg|right|thumbnail|150px|[[Mao Zedong]]]]
Prominent atheists and atheist schools of thought have been or include:
Prominent atheists and atheist schools of thought have been or include:
* [[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]]
* [[Bertrand Russell]]
* [[Bertrand Russell]]
* [[Ayn Rand]]
* [[Ayn Rand]]