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Notable professing [[Atheism|atheists]] have had the characteristic of variability and instability when it came to maintaining thoughts in accordance with atheism. For example, [[Jean-Paul Sartre]] was one of the leading proponents of atheism of the 20th Century. Yet Jean-Paul Sartre made this candid confession:
Notable professing [[Atheism|atheists]] have had the characteristic of variability and instability when it came to maintaining thoughts in accordance with atheism. For example, [[Jean-Paul Sartre]] was one of the leading proponents of atheism of the 20th Century. Yet Jean-Paul Sartre made this candid confession:
{{cquote|As for me, I don’t see myself as so much dust that has appeared in the world but as a being that was expected, prefigured, called forth. In short, as a being that could, it seems, come only from a creator; and this idea of a creating hand that created me refers me back to God. Naturally this is not a clear, exact idea that I set in motion every time I think of myself. It contradicts many of my other ideas; but it is there, floating vaguely. And when I think of myself I often think rather in this way, for wont of ''being able to think otherwise''.<ref>[http://www.johnankerberg.org/Articles/apologetics/AP0702W4.htm Is Christianity Alone Fully True and is Jesus Christ Really the Only Way To God? -- Part 4]</ref>}}
{{cquote|As for me, I don’t see myself as so much dust that has appeared in the world but as a being that was expected, prefigured, called forth. In short, as a being that could, it seems, come only from a creator; and this idea of a creating hand that created me refers me back to God. Naturally this is not a clear, exact idea that I set in motion every time I think of myself. It contradicts many of my other ideas; but it is there, floating vaguely. And when I think of myself I often think rather in this way, for wont of ''being able to think otherwise''.<ref>[http://www.johnankerberg.org/Articles/apologetics/AP0702W4.htm Is Christianity Alone Fully True and is Jesus Christ Really the Only Way To God? -- Part 4]</ref>}}
== Atheist PZ Myers dreamt about dying and standing before the pearly gates of heaven ==
''See also:'' [[Atheism and death anxiety]]
On April 2, 2012, ''Science Daily'' reported that ''Death anxiety increases [[Atheism and death anxiety|atheists' unconscious belief in God]]''.<ref>[http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/04/120402094322.htm Death anxiety increases atheists' unconscious belief in God], ''Science Daily'', Date: April 2, 2012</ref> In a 2012 ''Psychology Today'' article, Dr. Nathan A. Heflick reported similar results in other studies.<ref>[http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-big-questions/201205/atheists-death-and-belief-in-god Atheists, Death and Belief in God The Effects of Death Reminders on Atheists' Supernatural Beliefs], ''Psychology Today'', Published on May 25, 2012 by Nathan A. Heflick, Ph.D. in The Big Questions</ref>
On October 22, 2014, PZ Myers bolstered the case that atheists have an unconscious belief that God exists. Myers wrote in a [[Pharyngula (blog)|Pharyngula]] blog post: "I woke up from a dream a little too early this morning. I dreamt that I had died and gone to a cliché. That’s right, I was standing before the Pearly Gates…"<ref>[http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2014/10/22/just-another-dream/ Just another dream] by [[PZ Myers]], October 22, 2014</ref>
It is evident that Myers has no intellectual/evidential justification for the non-existence of God. For example, when the evangelist [[Ray Comfort]] asked Myers why he is an atheist Myers gave the illogical circular argument response of: "Why am I an atheist? Because there is no God".<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0u3-2CGOMQ Evolution Vs. God Movie]</ref>
There have been no reports of [[theology|theologians]] or [[creation science|creation scientists]] having dreams that atheism is true.
== Atheism has a lower retention rate compared to other worldviews ==
== Atheism has a lower retention rate compared to other worldviews ==