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Atheism is the belief that God does not exist — or, when people speak more carefully, that there are no gods. It names the idea, not a person.
Atheism無神論 is the belief指的是這樣的信念——that God does not exist認為神並不存在，or, when people speak more carefully或者說得更精確一點，that there are no gods認為根本沒有神。It這個詞 names the idea指的是這個概念本身，not a person而不是指一個人。
In everyday English it can sound strong and final: not “I’m not sure” (that sits closer to ), but “I don’t believe there is a God.” Some people wear the word proudly; some use it quietly; some dislike it because it has been used as an insult. It belongs more to serious talk, philosophy, and news than to small talk.
In everyday English在日常英文裡 it can sound strong and final這個詞聽起來可能很強烈、很篤定：not "I'm not sure"不是「我不確定」 (that sits closer to agnostic)（那比較接近agnostic不可知論者），but "I don't believe there is a God."而是「我不相信有神」。Some people wear the word proudly有些人驕傲地用這個詞自稱；some use it quietly有些人低調地用；some dislike it because it has been used as an insult有些人不喜歡它，因為它曾被拿來當作侮辱的話。It這個詞 belongs more to serious talk, philosophy, and news比較常出現在嚴肅的討論、哲學和新聞裡，than to small talk而不是閒聊中。
Though actually, people use it loosely: someone who simply never goes to a temple or church is not automatically holding this belief — they may never have thought about it. And atheism is not the same as hating religion, even though arguments often glue those two together.
Though actually不過實際上，people use it loosely人們有時用得比較鬆散：someone who simply never goes to a temple or church一個單純不去廟裡或教堂的人 is not automatically holding this belief並不代表他就抱持這種信念——they may never have thought about it他們可能根本沒想過這個問題。And atheism而且無神論 is not the same as hating religion跟討厭宗教並不是同一回事，even though arguments often glue those two together儘管爭論中常把這兩者混為一談。
組成From 16th-century French athéisme, from athée (“atheist”), itself from Ancient Greek átheos “godless”: a- “without” + theós “god,” plus the French ending that English spells -ism (a belief or system). First English use is recorded in 1587.
原始詞典資料6 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
atheismnoun/ˈeɪ.θi.ɪ.zəm/
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A non-belief in deities.
- Near-synonyms: antireligiousness, irreligion, irreligiousness
- For atheism to be rationally justified it is only necessary that it be more probable than not or at least more probable than theism. Certainty is no more required in the case of atheism than it is in the case of scientific theories.
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A non-belief in deities.
- Near-synonyms: irreligion, irreligiousness, nonreligion, nonreligiousness
- The theory of Secularism is a form, not of dogmatic, but of skeptical, Atheism; it is dogmatic only in denying the sufficiency of the evidence for the being and perfections of God. It does not deny, it only does not believe, His existence.
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A non-belief in deities.
- What can parents do, and mothers more especially, […] with regard to the atheism that is natural to all the children of men?
- Atheism, in its basic form, is not a belief; it is the absence of belief. An atheist is not primarily a person who believes that a god does not exist; rather, he does not believe in the existence of a god.
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neglect of one's obligations to God; behavior incongruent with belief in God (regardless of belief in the strict sense).
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historicalrareAbsence of belief in a particular deity, pantheon, or religious doctrine (notwithstanding belief in other deities).
- Domitilla, Flavia, niece of the emperor Domitian (81-96). She and her husband, Flavius Clemens (consul in 95 and cousin of Domitian), were probably Christians; charged with atheism and adoption of Jewish ways, they were punished (95) with death (Clemens) and exile (Domitilla).
- Sacrificial religion becomes redundant – which is why Christianity did indeed have a reputation in the ancient world for atheism: it rejected the key duty humans are thought to owe to the gods, namely sacrifice.
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A rejection of all religions, even non-theistic ones.
- Some worldviews are based in a belief in God; others are not. Buddhism, Taoism, atheism, Marxism, and existentialism are examples of worldviews that are nontheistic.
- Buddhism and atheism do agree on the view that there is no God. But Buddhism and atheist materialism totally disagree on the points such as “What is life?”, “Is there any Super natural?” etc.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。