Religion is becoming less and less important in big parts of the world, and depending on your personal beliefs that’s probably a good thing. Even when looking at history, despite religion having a huge impact on how our world and society has evolved, atheism has always been a popular way of life.
Albert Einstein
Not a real atheist but
more of an agnostic, Einstein was very scarce when it came to voicing his
opinions on religion. What he did have opinions on were science things, like
the theory of relativity.
Sigmund Freud
The grandfather of
psychology (the early, non-scientific form of psychology), Freud paved the way
for the humane sciences. Freud didn’t believe in anything that couldn’t be
observed, which is why he wasn’t an avid believer in God or an afterlife.
Stephen Hawking
It’s hard to deny this man’s influence on science and physics. He believed that science was fully capable of explaining how something came from nothing, and we didn’t need a God to do this.
Karl Marx
As the grandfather of
communism and socialism, Marx wasn’t just an atheist. Apart from not believing
in God, he was also very opposed to religion and worship of gods in general. He
claimed that religion was almost as bad for society as capitalism.
Thomas Edison
One of the biggest
inventors of his time and the reason why we all have the electricity needed to
read this article, he absolutely loathed religion. He considered it fake,
man-made and had little to no respect for it.
Alan Turing
The man who created the famous Turing Test for testing AI systems, Alan Turing actually started off religious. He renounced his faith after one of his friends suddenly passed away from illness.
