Beginning in the latter portion of the 20th century and continuing beyond, many [[agnosticism|agnostics]]/atheists have argued that the [[definition of atheism]] should be defined as a lack of belief in God or gods.<ref name="CRI"/><ref name="Divine">Day, Donn R. (2007). [http://www.thedivineconspiracy.org/athart3.htm "Atheism - etymology"].</ref><ref>[http://www.reasonablefaith.org/definition-of-atheism Definition of atheism] by [[William Lane Craig]]</ref><ref>Britain is a less religious country than the United States and the online Oxford Dictionaries offers both the narrow/broad definitions of atheism (As noted in a previous footnote the Merriam-Webster dictionary, which is a traditional American dictionary, offers a more narrow definition of atheism similar to the definition that major encyclopedias of philosophy use). Oxford Dictionaries: Disbelief or lack of belief in the existence of God or gods.[http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/atheism]</ref>
The term [[apologetics]] comes from the Greek word apologia (from Greek ἀπολογία), which means "speaking in defense". [[Atheology]] is a resistance or aversion to [[theology]].<ref> [https://www.collinsdictionary.com/us/dictionary/english/atheology Atheology], Collins dictionary</ref> Atheological arguments are arguments against the existence of God (see also: [[Rebuttals to atheist arguments]] and [[Responses to atheist arguments]] and [[Atheism#Analysis of atheism and common objections to atheism|Analysis of atheism and common objections to atheism]]).
The majority of philosophers of religion, or those who have extensively studied the issue of the [[Arguments for the existence of God|existence of God]], are [[theism|theists]] (72 percent).<ref>[http://www.strangenotions.com/atheist-scientists/ Does it matter that many scientists are atheists?]</ref>