Dear MEL Topic Readers,
Why people are reluctant to call themselves atheists
Of the eight-billion world population, about five billion people are Christians,
Muslims, or Hindus. Religious people believe in the existence of one or more
deities or a higher power and share ethical values, rules, and morals of the
respective religion. On the other hand, non-religious people are individuals
who do not identify with any organized religion. Among them, some people who do
not believe in the existence of any deities or supernatural beings are called
atheists. There are also people who neither affirm nor deny the existence of deities.
They are called agnostics. These non-religious people may derive their moral
and ethical values from traditions, communities, environments, humanism, or
personal principles. However, when they are in a religious people’s community,
they are sometimes regarded as heresy and aren’t understood fairly. Accordingly,
those non-religious people often hesitate to present their religious identity. Whichever the case might be, religious
bias or prejudice won’t help develop personal relationships.
Read the article and learn about religious and non-religious people.
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