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Main category: Atheism
Atheism is an absence of belief in the existence of deities.
Maps and diagrams of atheism[edit]
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Negative atheists and positive atheists.
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Implicit and explicit atheism.
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Nonreligious population by country, 2010, according to Pew Research.
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Percentage of people in various European countries who said: "I don't believe there is any sort of spirit, God or life force." (2010)
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Percentage of self-declared atheists in Europe, according to Eurobarometer 2019.
History of atheism[edit]
Main gallery: History of atheism.
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Bust of a Greek philosopher, possibly Democritus. Villa of the Papyri, Herculaneum.
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De rerum natura by Lucretius, between 1475 and 1494.
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Louis Carmontelle, Portrait of Baron d'Holbach, 1766.
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Monument to Ludwig Feuerbach in Nuremberg.
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Tombstone detail of a freethinker, 19th century.
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German stamp from 2000, 100th anniversary of the death of Friedrich Nietzsche.
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Watson Heston, Two Ways to Go, 1896.
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Jugendweihe is a secular coming of age ceremony. Photograph from early 20th century Germany.
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"It's incomprehensible that people don't believe in God when even the emperor believes!" 1911 drawing by Ernst Heilemann in German satirical magazine Simplicissimus.
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Monument to the Freethinkers association in the Dasbeck cemetery, Germany.
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Bust of Bertrand Russell in London.
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Soviet poster from 1920.
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"I am free now!". A propaganda poster encouraging young women of Soviet Turkestan to join the Komsomol, 1921.
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The Foucault pendulum inside the cathedral in USSR.
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Periyar Memorial, Chennai.
Atheism in 21st century[edit]
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Richard Dawkins in 2005.
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Richard Dawkins: The God Delusion (2006).
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Daniel Dennett in 2006.
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Christopher Hitchens 2007.
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"The Four Horsemen of the Non-Apocalypse": Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens, Daniel Dennett, Sam Harris.
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Author José Saramago in 2008.
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University of Alberta Atheists and Agnostics 2008.
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Philosopher Telmo Pievani in Rome at the 2012 Darwin Day organised by UAAR.
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Journalist and actividt Jamila Bey speaks in Reason Rally 2012.
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Biologist Richard Dawkins, cosmologist Lawrence Krauss and science writer Julia Galef in 2015.
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The Dutch magazine De Vrijdenker (The Freethinker) 2015.
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Minnesota Atheists 2016.
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Hungarian Atheist Society at Budapest Pride 2016.
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Bart Campolo's lecture to the Atheist Community of San Jose in May 2017.
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Home of Giordano Bruno Foundation in Germany.
Atheism in America[edit]
Canada and Latin America[edit]
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Humanists, Atheists, & Agnostics of Manitoba (HAAM) booth in 2012.
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Centre for Inquiry Canada at 2016 Calgary Pride Parade.
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Bogotá, Colombia 2012.
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Atheist congress in Chile, 2015.
United States[edit]
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Godless Americans March on Washington 2002.
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Godless Americans March on Washington 2002.
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Campus Atheists, Skeptics, and Humanists, University of Minnesota 2007.
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Atheist sun tattoo.
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Hoodie with a text.
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Seattle Atheists at Seattle Pride 2009.
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Atheist and skeptic Sikivu Hutchinson talks at Center for Inquiry in 2010.
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Anthony Magnabosco speaks for American Atheists in 2011.
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Minnesota Atheists at the Twin Cities Pride in 2011.
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Reason Rally, Washington, D.C. 2012.
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Annie Laurie Gaylor, co-president of the Freedom From Religion Foundation, Reason Rally 2012.
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Reason Rally 2012.
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Sikivu Hutchinson speaks at the 2012 Moving Secularism Forward.
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American Atheists billboard in New York 2013.
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Atheist activist Seth Andrews in 2013.
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San Francisco Pride 2013 and sign "Volunteer atheist fire fighter".
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Atheist monument.
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No Ban No Wall rally in Denver on 2017.
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Mandisa Thomas, President of Black Nonbelievers, speaking at the American Atheists Convention 2017.
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Black Nonbelievers table at the American Atheists Convention 2017.
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Mandisa Thomas in Dragon Con 2018.
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Mandisa Thomas lecture in Dragon Con 2018.
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Herb Silverman, president-emeritus of the Secular Coalition for America, in Dragon Con 2018.
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Friendly neighborhood atheist mug, 2018.
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Richard Dawkins presents Neil deGresse Tyson The Richard Dawkins Award at CSICon 2022.
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FFRF campaign in 2022.
Atheism in Asia and Africa[edit]
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Rationalist, sceptic, and godman debunker Narendra Nayak during a miracle-exposure program in 2007.
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Sanal Edamaruku 2012.
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Taslima Nasrin in 2019.
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Iraqi women's rights activist Worood Zuhair in 2019.
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Atheist meeting in Nairobi, Kenya in 2020.
Atheism in Europe[edit]
Italy[edit]
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Sit-in for Alfredo Ormando, in front of Vatican, 2008.
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Sit-in for Alfredo Ormando, in front of Vatican, 2008.
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Demonstration in 2008.
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UAAR (Italian Union of Rationalist Atheists and Agnostics) activists at the 2010 Rome Gay Pride.
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Carla Corsetti, Atheist Democracy, 2010.
United Kingdom[edit]
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"Brighton Most Godless City In Britain" according to The Argus in 2009.
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Atheist Bus Campaign in the United Kingdom 2009.
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Humanist Students 2009.
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Philosopher A. C. Grayling signing books at 2010 Global Atheist Convention.
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March for Secular Europe in London 2012.
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Atheism UK in International Day for Free Expression rally, London 2012.
Other[edit]
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French philosopher Michel Onfray in 2012.
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Atheist Ireland at Dublin Pride 2016.
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Journalist and author Shurika Hansen talks at Atheist Day 2019 in Oslo.
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Foundation Kazimierz Łyszczyński at the Equality Parade in Warsaw in 2022.
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Foundation Kazimierz Łyszczyński at the Equality Parade in Warsaw in 2023.
Atheism in Oceania[edit]
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Global Atheist Convention 2012, Melbourne.
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Global Atheist Convention 2012, Melbourne.
Ex-muslim activists[edit]
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Nahla Mahmoud, Secular Conference 2015.
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Sarah Haider, Ex-Muslims of North America, 2017.
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Zehra Pala, the president of Atheism Association of Turkey in 2017.
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Muhammed Syed, Ex-Muslims of North America, 2017.
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Women's rights activist Zara Kay 2018.
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Sarah Haider and Maryam Namazie in 2019.
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Armin Navabi, founder of Atheist Republic, speaking at the Atheist Days in Warsaw, on 2019.
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Arzu Toker from Germany in 2020.
Symbols of atheism[edit]
Main gallery: Symbols of atheism.
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Symbol of atheism, created by Diane Reed in 2007.
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A symbol of atheism that resembles the symbol of anarchism.
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Pansy is a symbol of freethought.
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Atheist badge.
Books about atheism[edit]
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D. M. Brooks: The Necessity of Atheism (1933).
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George H. Smith: Atheism: The Case Against God (1974).
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J. L. Mackie: The Miracle of Theism (1983).
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Michel Onfray: Atheist Manifesto (2005, in English 2007).
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Richard Dawkins: The God Delusion (2006).
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A. C. Grayling: Against All Gods (2007).
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Steve Isaacson: Science Refutes Religion (2012).
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A. C. Grayling: The Good Book (2013).