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A full on atheist evaluates an individual claims on its face.  If it seems arbitrary, then he/she is an atheist about it.  If it's likely, but not easily verified, then he/she's agnostic.  And if it's based on something that resonates with common sense or has been consistently true in the past, then he/she has ''faith'' that it'll probably be true in the future.
 
A full on atheist evaluates an individual claims on its face.  If it seems arbitrary, then he/she is an atheist about it.  If it's likely, but not easily verified, then he/she's agnostic.  And if it's based on something that resonates with common sense or has been consistently true in the past, then he/she has ''faith'' that it'll probably be true in the future.
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==External Links==
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'''Decline of atheism links:'''
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*[http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2005/003/21.36.html The Twilight of Atheism] by Alister McGrath, Christianity Today,  March 2005
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*[http://www.renewamerica.us/columns/hutchison/050204 The rise and fall of atheism] by Fred Hutchison
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*[http://www.s8int.com/Godless.html Twilight of the godless] by Alister McGrath (Oxford Professor)
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*[http://www.firstthings.com/ftissues/ft9711/articles/johnson.html The Unraveling of Scientific Materialism] by [[Phillip Johnson]]
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*[http://www.firstthings.com/ftissues/ft0006/articles/novak.html The Godlessness that Failed] by Michael Novak, First Things 104 (June/July 2000): 35-39.
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*[http://www.rzim.org/publications/slicetran.php?sliceid=880 Dying Under Its Own Irrelevance] by Dale Fincher
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'''General articles on atheism/skepticism:'''
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*[http://www.greatcom.org/resources/secular_religions/ch01/default.htm Atheism, Agnosticism, and Skepticism] Synopsis of Understanding Secular Religions by Josh McDowell and Don Stewart
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*[http://lionofjudah.tribulationforces.com/critics/critics.html Answering Atheists / Agnostics / Other Critics]  Lion of Judah Christian Apologetics
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*[http://www.apologeticspress.org/articles/75 The Many Faces of Unbelief: Part I] by Bert Thompson, Ph.D., Apologetics Press, Reason & Revelation, March 1999 - 19[3]:17-23
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*[http://www.apologeticspress.org/articles/77 The Many Faces of Unbelief: Part II] by Bert Thompson, Ph.D., Apologetics Press, Reason & Revelation, April 1999 - 19[4]:25-31
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*[http://www.leaderu.com/truth/3truth02.html Theism, Atheism, and Rationality] by Alvin Plantinga
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*[http://www.equip.org/free/CP0110.htm Is Atheism Logical?] by Hank Hanegraaff
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*[http://www.acton.org/publicat/randl/article.php?id=211 C.S. Lewis and Materialism] by John G. West, Jr.
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*[http://www.chaim.org/atheist.htm  The Absurdity of Atheism] by Fred Klett
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*[http://www.equip.org/free/DA251.htm The Folly of Denying God]  Christian Research Institute
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*[http://www.rzim.org/publications/essay_arttext.php?id=3 The Presumptuousness of Atheism] by Paul Copan
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*[http://www.str.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=5688 Unbelievable Unbelief] by Gregory Koukl
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'''More specific articles regarding atheism:'''
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*[http://home.earthlink.net/~gbl111/resurrection.htm Atheists and the Resurrection - Framing the Argument] by G. Brady Lenardos
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*[http://www.tektonics.org/lp/outrage.html Outrageous Reasoning, A Closer Look at a Common Skeptical Tactic] by James Patrick Holding
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*[http://www.leaderu.com/truth/1truth11.html Why the Burden of Proof is on the Atheist] by Professor Ralph McInerny
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*[http://www.carm.org/atheism.htm Atheism ] The Christian Apologetics and Research Ministry
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*[http://www.apologeticspress.org/articles/2002 Some Atheistic Arguments Answered] by Wayne Jackson, M.A.
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*[http://www.answers.org/apologetics/atheism1.html  Imagine There's No Heaven: Contemporary Atheism Speaks Out In Humanist Manifesto 2000]  by Bob and Gretchen Passantino
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*[http://www.answers.org/apologetics/zindler.html  Atheism vs. Christianity, A Response to Unanswered Questions]  by Bob and Gretchen Passantino
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*[http://www.iclnet.org/pub/resources/text/cri/cri-jrnl/crj0131a.txt  Putting The Atheist on The Defensive, Parts One and Two]  by Kenneth R. Samples Christian Research Journal, Fall 1991.
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*[http://www.leaderu.com/truth/1truth12.html The Psychology of Atheism] by Professor Paul C. Vitz
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*[http://members.aol.com/jasonte2/reason.htm  Are Secularist Claims About American History Reliable?] by Jason Engwer
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*[http://www.str.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=5527 The Real Murderers: Atheism or Christianity] by Gregory Koukl
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*[http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Delphi/8449/atheism.html  Atheism and Death: Why the atheist must face death with despair] by Dustin Shramek
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'''Responses to specific atheists:'''
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*[http://www.tektonics.org/guest/barkblund.html Barker’s Blunders: A Response to Dan Barker’s “Did Jesus Really Rise from the Dead?”] by David Wood
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*[http://www.reformed.org/apologetics/index.html?mainframe=martin_TAG.html Responses to Atheist Philosopher, Michael Martin]  Reformed theologians
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*[http://www.berith.org/essays/martin_rape/ Answering Michael Martin's "Atheism, Christian Theism, and Rape"] by Rev. Ralph Allan Smith
     
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