Atheism has found its own followers because there are always two sides to a coin. If there are believers of god, there is bound to be those who reject the same. Faith means not wanting to know what is true. Atheism gained more importance when certain people were taken for a ride in the name of religion. “Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false and by the rulers as useful” said Seneca, the younger.
Atheism abhors the belief of god and regards it as a failure of imagination. Atheism is of the strong opinion that god did not create man, instead man created god. Science has the tendency to wipe out all types of religious beliefs. Proof is all that atheism demands and when it becomes difficult to prove religion, atheism gains an upper hand. Here are a lot of quotes on atheism.