Accepted reason to believe that an atheist - a person who does not believe in God.This is partly true, but in fact the negation of the supreme deity does not mean abandoning the faith as such.Like "Nautilus" 80 "You can believe in the absence of faith."In this respect, the denial of the divine should lead to other steps: the revision of the value picture of the world and the adoption of a new model. In fact because that is religion?This production of moral values, ethical conduct.However, atheists (by the way, is mostly Europeans and Americans), declaring themselves as such, remain in the bosom of the Christian code.It receives a strange thing: the denial of God does not cause denial of religion.
essence of the person and its positioning in the world
Let's look at this issue.Atheist - is not just a man who denies the existence of any supernatural.That being said, a little.He admits nature, the universe, the surrounding reality as a self-sufficient and self-developing reality, which is independent of the will of man or any other creature.Knowledge of the world is only possible by means of science and a man recognized the highest moral value.Thus, an atheist - a man sticking usual, somewhat liberal views.Moral issues, of course, he is interested in, but only in the context of the protection of their own interests.It may be a cynic, sycophant, agnostic, honest, decent - anyone.But that does not mean negation of the moral principles by which he lives and is part of the social whole - the family, workforce, circle, professional groups, and so on. D. Social habits formed on the basis of the same Christian upbringing (even if indirectly,by the school), there's no going anywhere.So, faith, just in a slightly different, unusual for all form.
If you are not a slave of God, whose servant?
can often hear that an atheist - is the one who hates the phrase "servant of God".On the one hand, this is understandable.For atheism as an ideological current is important recognition of absolute freedom, however, like any liberal ideology.On the other hand, there is the same moral problem, if not a servant of God, who (or what) is the time for such a person the highest ideal?And then there is emptiness - no proposals to replace God.A holy place, as you know, is never empty ...
communists-atheists
The result was that atheism its fame for almost a precursor of communism.Marx and Engels, of course, publicly positioned themselves as atheists, arguing that God exists only in the imagination of people.But again, that does not mean negation of God as a moral ideal.Moreover, classical Marxism did not analyze religion from an institutional point of view, as it has done the example of the economy, social relations, work organization in the workplace.The Bolsheviks all forces fighting against religion, but before World War II.And fought as a political institution in the form of the Church, but not with the way of thinking, which we call the religious consciousness.The result was a Soviet type of faith, from the remnants of which we can not get rid of until now.
Famous atheists
first atheist in the world is an ancient Greek philosopher and poet Diagoras, who claimed the personal nature of the gods, their interference in the affairs of Athens and even the ability to change the world.Later Protagoras declared: "Man - the measure of all things", which in principle were consonant with the "physical" tradition of early Greek philosophy.In the XIX century created the theory of psychogenesis man Russell in the XX century - the thesis of absolute doubt.But that does not mean negation of gods and religion!Simply put, the reason it is considered that an atheist - a man with a distinct type of philosophical and scientific mind, which directly does not mean its godlessness.He just does not think like everyone else.But is it a crime?
