The Brazilian Association of Atheists and Agnostics ( pt, Associação Brasileira de Ateus e Agnósticos), or ATEA, is a Brazilian
atheist activist nonprofit organization
A nonprofit organization (NPO) or non-profit organisation, also known as a non-business entity, not-for-profit organization, or nonprofit institution, is a legal entity organized and operated for a collective, public or social benefit, in co ...
founded in August 2008. The organization advocates the
separation of church and state
The separation of church and state is a philosophical and jurisprudential concept for defining political distance in the relationship between religious organizations and the state. Conceptually, the term refers to the creation of a secular sta ...
and promotes
atheism and
agnosticism. Although Brazil is legally defined by its
Constitution
A constitution is the aggregate of fundamental principles or established precedents that constitute the legal basis of a polity, organisation or other type of entity and commonly determine how that entity is to be governed.
When these princ ...
as a
secular state, the organization has voiced its concern that this is not observed in practice.
Its slogans have been: "Religião não define caráter" ("Religion does not define character"), "A fé não dá respostas, só evita perguntas." ("Faith does not give answers. It only prevents questions"), "Se Deus existe, tudo é permitido" ("If God exists, everything is permitted") and "Somos todos ateus para os deuses dos outros" ("We are all atheists to others' gods").
As of May 2015, it has more than 15,000 associated members.
References
External links
Official website
Non-profit organisations based in Brazil
Atheist organizations
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