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Atheism
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The organised positions and communities that have formed around the absence of belief in gods. They divide over whether atheism entails anything further (a moral programme, a stance toward religion, a community of its own), and the entries here describe organised expressions rather than the bare position.
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What Defines This GroupingOrganised currents within atheism. Atheism has no creed, no church and no authority, so what is grouped here are identifiable public movements and societies rather than denominations in any confessional sense. 2 Status
Standing as a Comparative CategoryContested: denomination is a category borrowed from Christianity. Organised atheism has movements, societies and campaigns; it does not have denominations, and it does not claim to. 2 Learn More
Currents within atheism
This small group holds an organised or defined current within atheism, the position that there are no gods. Atheism is not a religion and has no creed or church; what the atlas gathers here are the identifiable movements and stances that have given atheistic thought a public and organised form.
The browser will find the entry describing such a current in its own terms. The atlas treats atheism as a philosophical position with its own history rather than as a variant of belief.
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