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Atheism and Agnosticism in Cuba

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Encyclopedia of Latin American Religions

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Atheism is the condition of those who do not believe in God. The atheist, therefore, is a person who disbelieves in any kind of divinity or supernatural entity. It can be said that atheism is the opposite of theism, the doctrine of those who hold the existence of one or more deities.

Many people clearly confess they are atheists because they consider, for example, that if a God really existed, he would not only allow the evils that devastate the population but also prevent innocent human beings from suffering all kinds of pain, damage, and misery.

Agnostic is an adjective that describes what is linked to agnosticism: a philosophical position that holds that divine questions and that which goes beyond experience escape the understanding of human beings. Agnostic individuals, therefore, assert that the divine is not accessible to the understanding of people.

Agnosticism

Agnostics, in the broadest sense, believe that certain statements cannot be analyzed from the values of...

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Trujillo, M. (2019). Atheism and Agnosticism in Cuba. In: Gooren, H. (eds) Encyclopedia of Latin American Religions. Religions of the World. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-27078-4_392

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