ATHEISM

(See also Agnostic; Creation; God)

(Note centered heading below: Quotations)

assisting atheists: w09 10/1 11-14

atheists’ reasons for disbelief: g 10/15 3; w94 12/1 6-7

bus signs promote (Britain): g 11/09 30

contributing factors: w09 10/1 11-13; km 12/99 8

Christendom: w94 6/1 5-6; w94 12/1 3-6; sh 333-334; w89 4/15 21

evolution theory: sh 332, 334-335

false religion: w09 10/1 11-12

Reformation: sh 330-331

science exposes church doctrine: sh 331-332

development: w94 12/1 3-5

16th and 17th centuries: sh 330-331

19th century: sh 331-334

discussion: g 11/10 3-7; w94 12/1 3-7

early Christians called atheists: w02 7/15 21-22; w93 7/1 15-16

effects:

moral breakdown: g90 11/22 14

experiences: w09 10/1 13-14; km 12/99 8

accept truth: wp17.5 10-11; w03 1/1 32; w00 6/15 27-28; yb99 75

appreciation for The Watchtower and Awake!: g99 12/8 32

atheist learns answer to why evil exists: w92 9/15 26-27

Awake! feature “Was It Designed?”: km 12/13 6

becomes missionary: g87 3/8 18

Bible counsel on family life reaches couple: yb87 203-204

concert pianist from Uzbekistan: g 11/13 10-11

Creation book: yb10 191-192; w03 8/15 29; km 12/99 8; yb98 9; w88 3/1 32

disabled atheist: w97 1/1 4-5

gradual change: km 12/13 4

gynecologist: w00 2/1 7

immigrants from China: yb87 25

impressed by love and humility of Witnesses: yb00 137-139

Knowledge book: w97 10/1 6

medical scientist: g96 4/22 15-16

militant atheist: yb15 164-165

moved by essay on Witnesses in Nazi Germany: w06 7/1 20

neurophysiology professor: g 11/10 8-9

parents die when young: g98 6/22 32

parole judge: yb11 243, 246-247

philosophy professor: g05 12/8 28

reasoning on appreciation for sunsets reaches woman: w89 1/15 24

Rutherford (J. F.) once an atheist: w97 10/1 6

Satisfying Life brochure: km 12/13 6

schoolteacher’s argument overcome by student: yb04 108-110

teacher of atheism: yb10 191-192

university atheist accepts truth: yb93 175

writer explains own atheism: w94 6/1 5-6

Germany: g96 9/8 28

life stories:

Embracing Bible Truth Without Hands and Arms: wp16.6 13-15

Ruled by Faith in God in a Communist Land: g96 4/22 12-18

meaning of term: w94 12/1 5

“new atheists”: g 11/10 3, 5-6

number of atheists: w94 12/1 5; w91 3/1 3; g91 10/22 19

witnessing to atheists: mwb23.09 13; w19.07 20-24; w13 5/15 6-7; w99 6/15 18; km 12/99 8; km 12/90 1-2

Quotations

Christian tradition produced atheism: sh 343

top-notch scientists, very few atheists: w94 12/1 7