'''Atheism''', as defined by the ''Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy'' and the ''Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy'', is the denial of the existence of any [[God]] or gods.<ref>http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/atheism-agnosticism/</ref><ref>http://www.creationontheweb.com/content/view/1998</ref> In respect to the history of atheism, proponents of atheism have argued for the necessity of atheism, however, the arguments against atheism and the arguments for [[theism]] strongly attest to the validity of theism.
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'''Atheism''', as defined by the ''Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy'' and the ''Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy'', is the denial of the existence of any [[God]] or gods.<ref>http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/atheism-agnosticism/</ref><ref>http://www.creationontheweb.com/content/view/1998</ref>
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==Types of Atheism==
==Types of Atheism==
There different types of atheism, based on different answers to the following questions:
There different types of atheism, based on different answers to the following questions: