Atheism In America

Video games have been around for many years and so has competitive gaming. The first video game was created around 1970 and was Pong. Pong required one or two players to play. The players would play next to each other and the game required both players to move the courser to the ball and knock in to the other player’s side. Pong was the first competitive video game because you could play with another person. The video game industry now is a very big market and is suspected to be an 86 billion dollar industry in 2016 (A Classification Of Business Models In Video Game Industry). For the past couple of years video competitions have gotten really popular and now there is a franchise called eSports that hosts gaming competitions in big areas. “The past several year’s eSports have seen meteoric growth in dozens of markets, attracting tens of millions of viewers each year in the United States, alone” (Hollist). Esports is made up of many different games and each game has different teams that specialize in the game that they are competing in. E-Sports 89 million viewers in 2014 and is suspected to grow to 145 million in 2017. ("Red Bull Media Readies ESports Studio for Prime Time."). Competitive gaming should be recognized as a sport because each team has a sponsor. The sponsors pay for all associated costs of the player’s gaming including, but not limited to, plane tickets, hotel rooms, and food. In return the teams have to wear the

What is atheism? Why would someone be an atheist? Why do people fear and dislike atheism? Simply stated, atheism is the lack of belief in a god or gods. Granted, atheists are each individuals and undoubtedly each of them prescribe [to] many different philosophies on life, politics and morality as do Christians. However, though atheists may choose to gather collectively for whatever purpose, unlike Christianity, atheism is not a belief system. An individual who identifies himself as an atheist is merely stating that he does not believe in [the existence of] god or gods. Atheism, as indicated by its name, is the opposite of theism which is belief in at least one god; to include polytheism (belief in many or more than one god) and monotheism

Studies such as the arts and theology were discriminated against in 1960, and a lack of creativity leads to a lack of innovation and thoughts of change. During the Stalin era, the cult of personality was very important for him to keep the socialist system alive and under fear. In 1960 to maintain this fear loyalty towards the system, certain ideologies were discouraged. Atheism was very prevalent, and theological schools were non-existent within the union. The arts were briefly touched but were merely a hobby one can entertain oneself with. (Soviet education under) Science and social welfare were the main focuses of the state, and of that would change for an extended amount of time. Many of these thoughts and ideas, however, were very different

American culture encompasses customs or traditions in the United States. Customs or traditions include, but would not be limited to, values, language, religion, or how we communicate. The population in the United States is over 325 million, (United States Census Bureau, (n.d.) and is built on immigration. In comparison to other countries, the United States is considered cultural, as most nations unite, and later mix, their culture into American culture.

Atheism is disbelief or lack of belief in the existence of God or gods, they reject religion as apart of not only a rejection of ignorance, but also a rejection of their religious family and association of religion itself, says Catherine L. and Caldwell-Harris who are published in the Department of Psychology for Boston University, Lesley College,University of Haifa, and Trinity College. This is a stark contrast to theism, which is the belief in god and is the case for many Americans. This demographic is about 83% of America’s population, according to the most recent census. About 16% of the population, or about 34,169,000 people are of an unaffiliated position, which would include Atheists,

The atheism is accounted for its historic existence of fundamentalist religion in Australia. Australians perceived to be peculiar in responding to religion which neither gives comfort to believer nor to atheist, as both are appalled by anything but full commitment. Peter Jensen, future Anglican Archbishop of Sydney, and Bruce Wilson claimed at the same time that Australia was a ‘pagan’ nation and not a religious by its actions or attitudes. Australians’ objection to Christianity is that it failed to make people morally any better than those with unbelief. While Peter Jensen emphasized that morality is not Christianity. Tom Frame explained that the abandonment of religion is inevitable as the growing body of scientific evidence

The most engrossing historical event that I believe made a significant impact on society today is; Atheism. Although Atheism’s origin is not known, it is believed to be dated all the way back to at least the 5th century B.C. The belief of Atheism/Agnosticism has been traced back to the early Eastern religion such as Taoism, Buddhism, but the term Atheism or Atheist was not coined and put to practice; Atheos meaning without God(s);until the 16 century. In my appraisal Atheism played a big role throughout history because it delivered the philosophy of indifferences and estrangement to the people in a whole other perspective.

Later on, writers such as Richard Dawkins and Christopher Hitchens, raised during the baby boom, would come to popularize a new movement of atheists starting in the early 2000’s. “One of the greatest challenges facing civilization in the twenty-first century is for human beings to learn to speak about their deepest personal concerns—about ethics, spiritual experiences, and the inevitability of human suffering—in ways that are not flagrantly irrational,” writes Sam Harris, popular New Atheist writer. “Nothing stands in the way of this project more than the respect we accord religious faith.” New Atheism would become interested in rationality and free-will, and would heavily criticize religious practitioners and the church at large. These are just a handful of reconstructions

Religious Intolerance wasn’t created in day it has always been present throughout history. When the pilgrims landed on Plymouth Rock they were trying religious persecution in Europe but instead brought it with them. Many were “Coming to an America where they found a welcome melting pot in which everyone was free to practice his or her own faith” (Davis). Soon this melting pot became a boiling cauldron of hate and massacre. Everyone in the pot believed that they were surrounded by sinners because they were not conforming. Many Pilgrims were banished because they would not give up their ideals. Some strong believers actually killed those who did not follow a set of beliefs that were related to a religion. Many of the Native Americans who populated America were massacred because they would not leave their gods.

The Existence of God has been a theory that has plagued the earth for centuries; a belief that not even the wisest can prove or deny. Many people argue that there may or may not be a God, or different Gods. As humans how do we know what exists beyond our eyesight? If we can’t see it, why should we believe in it? People who believe in God don’t even know why they believe in God. Atheists who tend to have a wider knowledge than those who are Believers. Atheists depends on facts and data, to prove everything, whereas Religious people tend to use faith to prove their theories. What is Atheism? Atheism is the belief or the lack of Belief in God or Gods. Atheists usually lean more on the Evolution idea, and the Big Bang Theory over God and Creationism. But there are way too many holes in science to actually prove that there isn’t a God. Exactly how does the Big Bang Theory put life on a planet? Everything in this Universe is created perfectly, such as The Earth, the Sun, Water, the human brain, the eye, DNA, and so much more. God did give us the power and intelligence to differentiate from the beasts and animals, he gave us a mind to think for ourselves and do what we’d like. Because of this it allows us to question, doubt, and analyze everything in a further perspective. God knew that we were going to question his creations and

However, as the political world of Greece evolved, atheism would not remain unscathed. An earlier instance of this can be found within the works of Plato, a renowned philosopher. Of all of his works, the tenth book of The Laws is most historically relevant to atheism. Within this text, Plato essentially disavowed all aspects of atheist philosophy, disregarding non-believers as “certain clever moderns” and “young men” with foolish opinions (Whitmarsh 136). Furthermore, he declared the belief in the Greek deities was essentially to the functioning of a “just society,” suggesting legal penalties for all those who undermine the gods (137). However harmful, this work raises the important question of how many atheists there truly were in Plato’s

Last October, Riot held the League of Legends Season 2 World Championships, a tournament that brought the world’s best teams together for a week of intense matches. $1 million went to the overall champion, while a total of $5 million was spread out over the course of Season 2. Apart from the unprecedented cash prizes, the League of Legends tournament was able to bring in over 8 million “unique viewers” online, viewership that is greater than the National Hockey League’s (Heaven and Robinson). In South Korea individual e-sports events for the popular real-time strategy game StarCraft 2 bring in over 100,000 live attendants to go alongside huge numbers of online spectators (Robinson). On top of this, competitive gaming’s popularity is continuing to grow through 2013. David Ting, founder of Imagine Game Network’s professional gaming league, states that online traffic for the company’s tournaments is “doubling every six months”(qtd. in Heaven). Who would’ve thought that playing video games would turn into such a loved spectator sport?

As with any branch of religion or in this case non- religion there are several different derivatives of atheism. “The denial of god’s existence is also known as strong, or positive, atheism, whereas the lack of belief in god is known as negative, or weak, atheism”(Michael). As you can see there is a large spectrum here for someone to fall into. As with any religion or any grouping of people not everyone is entirely loyal to their group’s beliefs. For example, a person may be a republican, but prefers the prosperity of a democratic economy. This wide spectrum of beliefs not only refers to what an atheist believes in his heart and justifies with his mind, but it should also give a good prediction of the inevitable goal and possible outcomes of an atheist’s life. For

There are approximately 7.4 billion people in this world. We are all different in many ways and defined by our culture. According to the Marriam Webster Dictionary, culture is ‘the customary beliefs, social forms, and material traits of a racial, religious, or social group’ (Marriam Webster Dictionary, 2017). The word culture comes from the Latin word cultura meaning cultivate (Latin Dictionary, 2017), or promote. Our minds are refined with common traits and beliefs that we perceive to be true and accepted by everyone. Being an American, we have learned to accept all people from all over the world, however we were never introduced to the details of ones’ culture. While each culture is different, there are five basic characteristics that each share: learned, shared, symbolic, integrated, and dynamic. (The Five Basic Characteristics of Culture Video, 2017). Although there are many cultures in the world, Ireland is the country that seemed to be the most interesting.

There are approximately 7.4 billion people in this world. We are all different in many ways and defined by our culture. According to the Marriam Webster Dictionary, culture is ‘the customary beliefs, social forms, and material traits of a racial, religious, or social group’ (Marriam Webster Dictionary, 2017). The word culture comes from the Latin word cultura meaning cultivate (Latin Dictionary, 2017), or promote. Our minds are refined with common traits and beliefs that we perceive to be true and accepted by everyone. Being an American, we have learned to accept all people from all over the world, however we were never introduced to the details of ones’ culture. While each culture is different, there are five basic characteristics that each share: learned, shared, symbolic, integrated, and dynamic. (The Five Basic Characteristics of Culture Video, 2017). Although there are many cultures in the world, Ireland is the country that seemed to be the most interesting.