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Does The Religious Sect Make Life Difficult For Atheists Globally

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Does the religious sect make life difficult for atheists’ globally? The broad topic I chose for my IR is Changing Communities; however for the sake of research I have narrowed it down to this topic. This topic covers the problems and the faced by the atheists throughout the world. Atheist is a person who does not believe in the presence of a deity or a God, rather they believe on the basic principles of humanity. They believe that the humans were not made by God but they evolved. They have also a different theory about how the world came into being. These believes, however create many difficulties for this group mainly from the people with a strong religious belief. These problems are not as severe as for those in western areas as for them …show more content…

This results in distrust with many atheists. The people who have a religion are considered more trustworthy than the atheists this is because the religion gives the people a “code of conduct” which they follow. This automatically makes the people more trustworthy. The people also favor those who belong to their own community; this simply means the people will choose the one with same belief. This causes some major problems for atheists in their carrier and daily life if they come in this situation. People will do bad things unless they fear punishment from all-seeing gods. (https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/aug/07/anti-atheist-prejudice-secularity) This is also another perspective which the believers have of the atheists. A survey was conducted with different people and all of them were told about a man who tortured animals when he was a child and killed 5 homeless men when he grew up. Then all of them were asked what they think was his religion and the majority of the people said he could be an atheist. This survey described what the majority if the people thought about the atheists worldwide. The religious sect has really harsh behavior they just believe that those who do not believe in God are simply evildoers. However, research also tells that the view of some younger Americans is different and they like the atheists more than people who belong to any …show more content…

These views result in much of criticism for them. Most of the atheists are not even clear with their views, for the universe can only be explained by science. However the religious people believe that God cannot be explained by science. God is the being who is different from all the beings in the world. The Atheists often go into debates with the religious people and often find them in clash with them. This is the main reason for the criticism of the atheists and lack of acceptance of atheism. The religious people cannot stand with the statement that God does not exist. This idea is also considered ‘satanic’ as the Satan does not wants people to believe that god does not exist. Moreover some religions and cultures also have influence on the people and they are very reluctant to change or to accept anything which is against their religions’ teachings. As the atheists are direct threat to their religion, they often have clashes with them. Many of the atheists are also not very clear about their beliefs. As they are not clear with the beliefs, they are not able to defend

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