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  Atheism: An Introduction to Atheism
Atheism is characterized by an absence of belief in the existence of gods.
Atheism is the position that runs logically counter to theism; in that sense, it can be said to be "anti-religion." However, when religious believers speak of atheists being "anti-religious" they usually mean that the atheists have some sort of antipathy or hatred towards theists.
The principle of the separation of church and state is that the state shall not legislate concerning matters of religious belief.
www.infidels.org /library/modern/mathew/intro.html   (6446 words)

  
  State atheism: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Atheism is the state either of being without theistic beliefs, or of actively disbelieving in the existence of deities....
The separation of church and state is a concept in modern thought and practice, whereby the structures of state or national government are kept separate from...
State atheism is opposed to all religion equally.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/s/st/state_atheism.htm   (857 words)

  
 Negationism In India - Chapter Two - Negationism In India
What may cut short all denials of this continued pestering of Hindus in Muslim states, are the resulting migration figures: in 1948, Hindus formed 23% of the population of Bangla Desh (then East Pakistan), in 1971 the figure was down to 15%, and today it stands at about 8%.
When in the forties the Partition seemed unavoidable, Azad patronized proposals to preserve India's unity, stipulating that half of all members of parliament and of the government had to be Muslims (then 24% of the population), with the other half to be divided between Hindus, Ambedkarites, Christians, and the rest.
But then they had gone on to state that there was no archeological indication for a pre- Masjid temple on that controversial site at all, even when the same report had cursorily mentioned the remains of a building dated to the 11th century AD.
www.bharatvani.org /books/negaind/ch2.htm   (16130 words)

  
 Anti-Semitism - LearnThis.Info Enclyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
While there were many Catholics who were anti-semitic, this attitude toward the Jews was repeatedly condemned by the official Magisterium of the Church, was never a doctrine of the Catholic Church in which all the faithful were bound to believe.
There is a widely held opinion that an accurate reading of the New Testament by its very message inspires a certain amount of anti-semitism in the reader.
Some would say that Christ rejected many aspects of Judaism, although he himself stated that he did not come to destroy the Law, but to fulfill it.
encyclopedia.learnthis.info /a/an/anti_semitism_1.html   (3204 words)

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