The way Bernard Shaw believed in himself is very refreshing in these atheistic days when so many believed in no god at all. 在完全不信仰神的人数目众多的无神论时代里,萧伯纳对他自己的信奉的确令人为之心旷神怡。
Atheistic thinkers have generally accepted a utilitarian basis for judging moral issues, and they have exhibited a libertarian attitude toward human needs and impulses. 无神论思想家们普遍以功利主义为基础来进行道德判断。他们对人们的需要和冲动持意志自由论的态度。
And let it not be said— as it continually is said— that under this concept, the law would be atheistic, individualistic, and heartless; that it would make mankind in its own image. 让我们不要再说——尽管我们过去常常这样说——在这种概念下,法律将会是无神论的、人主义的和无情的;它将把人类打回原形。
atheistic
[ adj ]
related to or characterized by or given to atheism
<adj.pert> atheist leanings
rejecting any belief in gods
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Atheistic \A`the*is"tic\, Atheistical \A`the*is"tic*al\, a. 1. Pertaining to, implying, or containing, atheism; -- applied to things; as, atheistic doctrines, opinions, or books.
Atheistical explications of natural effects. --Barrow.
2. Disbelieving the existence of a God; impious; godless; -- applied to persons; as, an atheistic writer. -- {A`the*is"tic*al*ly}, adv. -- {A`the*is"tic*al*ness}, n.
He rejected Buddism as atheistic, but liked the Sikh religion from the start.
He bristles with moral fervor against the atheistic communists running the Soviet Union and even China, but his inclination to back this rhetoric with defense preparedness is far from evident.
The Soviet Union's atheistic communist government had the building turned into a concert hall about 30 years ago.
His visit to the oldest monastery in Moscow, built in the 13th century and once converted into a factory by the atheistic Soviet government, seemed aimed at bringing his point clearly home.
Fahd's statement was the most direct indication Saudi Arabia will consider buying arms from the Soviet bloc and China despite the absence of diplomatic ties between the Islamic kingdom and what it considers atheistic countries.