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Atheism and Critique of Religious belief!

Atheism and Critique of Religious belief!. Students should show knowledge and understanding of key terms such as: atheism, agnosticism, materialism, naturalism, scepticism and unbelief .

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Atheism and Critique of Religious belief!

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  1. Atheism and Critique of Religious belief!

  2. Students should show knowledge and understanding of key terms such as: atheism, agnosticism, materialism, naturalism, scepticism and unbelief. Critiques may include one or more sociological and psychological stances with reference, for example, to scholars such as Durkheim, Marx and Freud. Students should understand and evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of the views, coming to an informed opinion. Provided the material is focused on the demands of the question, students may use the problem of evil in this context and some arguments about the existence of God may also be used in this context.

  3. J.C.A. Gaskin argues that there are 5 types of ‘unbelief’. He avoids using the word atheism, as atheism he argues has negative connotations and has been used as a term of abuse in the past. How does the use of ‘unbelief’ make a difference?

  4. Reasons for atheism? Round robin.....

  5. The five types of unbelief that Gaskin points out are:

  6. Non-existence of God and Critiques of Religious Belief - 1 A _ H _ _ _ _ A G _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Points to Consider What are the key features of Atheism and Agnosticism? Why might someone hold such a position? What are the arguments for and against for each? Fools say in their hearts, ‘There is no God.’   They are corrupt, they do abominable deeds; Psalm 14

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