ABSTRACT
Complete atheology was beyond the grasp of Western atheism for a long time, after the materialism of Epicurus. Thomas Hobbes achieved a complete atheology before science's maturation. Complete atheology attains an even higher standard. Too many atheologians prove unable to adequately ground their own positions, or they leave key tenets at odds with each other, or they may base their views on foundations more favorable to religiosity than secularity. Four primary methods of atheology have been pursued across the long history of philosophy: the rationalist, scientific, moral, and civil atheologies. Pedagogical atheology is instruction guiding children and young adults away from religiosity and towards secular and scientific worldviews. Philosophical atheology assembles sophisticated intellectual justifications for disbelief in the godly beings proclaimed by religions and defended by theologies. The highest achievement for systematic atheology is complete atheology: a fully secular system of all four atheological methods working in coherent harmony.
