Is Atheism a Culture or Belief?
The more I study science, the more I believe in God~ Einstein

Abstract: There was a time when professing disbelief in a Supreme Being could be dangerous to one’s life. Today, atheism has set its feet up in every society and has taken its comfortable seat by the fireplace of our living rooms. It has de facto control of education, the universities, and the academic press. Authors writing on atheism are appearing among the bestsellers defining atheism as respectable to never have been seen before. At the same time, the really daring adventure is not being an atheist, but challenging atheism. It is in the go-to position of controlling the assumption of political discourse. Despite such assumptions, in the broadest sense, atheism is simply an absence of belief in the existence of God. Thinkers disagree whether atheism is a philosophy or just a conscious and explicit rejection of deities. Since every one of us is born faithless, atheists argue that the burden of proof lies not on them to prove that there is no God, but on the theists to provide a rationale for God’s existence.
If atheism is neither a philosophy nor an ideology, then, is atheism a godless culture without a social order, or a belief in simple words ‘a’ plus ‘theism’? Theism from the Greek is a word for God (or gods), and with the ‘a’ prefix is the Greek negation of whatever it’s prefixing. Thus in clear and basic words atheism means ‘no God’ or a simple proclamation that there does not exist any kind of god, believing that the whole universe and everything in it is created from nothing. But the scientists maintain since ‘nothing comes out of nothing’ so there must be something or some source creating everything.
However, in a world brimming with diverse beliefs and perspectives, it is fascinating to explore many big questions that shape our understanding of our existence and the appearance of universes. Among these viewpoints thinkers are tempted to philosophize, is atheism—which offers a distinct take on life’s mysteries without belief in a higher power—a modern culture without a socio-political order or just a godless faith?
Since philosophy invites us to ponder life’s profound questions by considering the evidence and reasoning behind various worldviews, including theism and atheism, philosophical inquiries offer a challenge to atheistic perspectives, nudging us toward a deeper exploration of the possibility of something greater than ourselves. Far from the stereotypical image of philosophers as mere armchair thinkers, these questions are engaging, thought-provoking keeping us awake, pondering the mysteries of the creation of the universes which might have appeared ex-nihilo or have a source of their creation named God by the theists. . . Mirza Ashraf