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Personality is the way people think, feel, and behave.[2]
Big Five personality traits
See also: Big Five personality traits
The Big Five personality traits (the basis for the five factor model) are the five traits psychologists use to describe an individual's personality. While other traits exist, these are thought to define a large part of individuality. Hans Eysenck initiated this concept, but only included two personality traits, extraversion and neuroticism.
List of Big 5 personality Traits
- Conscientiousness - self-discipline, efficiency, and orderliness
- Extraversion - assertive, energetic, and personable
- Agreeableness - understanding and cooperativeness
- Neuroticism - anxiety, vulnerability, and sensitivity
- Openness - Creativity, imitativeness, and curiosity[3][4]
Atheism and personhood
See also: Atheism and personhood
Under a naturalistic, atheist worldview, human beings a collection of atoms that are merely the outcome of an accidental collection of atoms.
In a naturalistic, atheistic worldview, the universe is merely the outcome of an accidental arrangement of atoms and eventually all the suns in the universe will eventually burn out (see: Atheism, agnosticism and pessimism). And unlike Bible believing Christians, there are atheists who actually assert the universe popped into existence from nothing (see: Atheism and the origin of the universe). For instance, the atheist Stephen Hawking asserted: "Because there is a law such as gravity, the universe can and will create itself from nothing".[5]
Atheism and consciousness
See: Atheism and consciousness
Atheism and human worth
Atheism and the devaluing of human life
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