What do you call someone with no religion?
Non-religious people can be called atheists or agnostics, but to describe things, activities, or attitudes that have nothing to do with religion, you can use the word secular. Public schools are secular, but Catholic schools are not.
Which country is the most atheist?
China
According to sociologists Ariela Keysar and Juhem Navarro-Rivera’s review of numerous global studies on atheism, there are 450 to 500 million positive atheists and agnostics worldwide (7\% of the world’s population), with China having the most atheists in the world (200 million convinced atheists).
Why do atheists celebrate?
They may not find much meaning in the birth of Jesus Christ, but many atheists embrace religious traditions such as churchgoing for the sake of the children, a new study finds. The atheists embraced religious traditions for social and personal reasons, they told the study researchers. …
How do atheists look at the world?
When Atheists look at the world and the universe, all they see is what is observable by either their senses or through scientific instruments. That would include space, time, matter, and energy. But the problem they have no solution for is: Where did it all come from? Why does anything exist at all? Atheism has no valid answer for that question.
What are the most common claims from atheists?
At the London Evangelists’ Conference yesterday, Professor John Lennox offered some quick responses to some common claims from atheists. 1) You don’t believe in Zeus, Thor and all the other gods. I just go one god more than you, and reject the Christian God.
Do you have to read hundreds of books to answer atheists?
You don’t have to read hundreds of books before you can discuss your faith with an atheist. Sometimes claims and questions that are just short soundbites can be answered just as quickly. At the London Evangelists’ Conference yesterday, Professor John Lennox offered some quick responses to some common claims from atheists.
Can a believer of any religion mount a persuasive response?
Sam Harris once offered a challenge on this point: “I challenge you to think of a question upon which we had a scientific answer, however inadequate, but for which now the best answer is a religious one.” There isn’t a believer of any religion on the planet who can mount a persuasive response.