Atheism is often based on a false conception of human autonomy, exaggerated to the point of refusing any dependence on God. Yet, "to acknowledge God is in no way to oppose the dignity of man, since such dignity is grounded and brought to perfection in God...." "For the Church knows full well that her message is in harmony with the most secret desires of the human heart." CCC 2126
In today's reading, the Catechism discusses irreligion and atheism. The former includes tempting God (never a good idea), sacrilege, and simony. All of these are grave sins against the First Commandment. As for atheism, that is perhaps one of the worst in my view. How one can possibly attribute existence to random chance is beyond me. A form of this, just as erroneous, is atheistic humanism, which "falsely considers man to be 'an end to himself, and the sole maker, with supreme control, of his own history'" (CCC 2124).
Fr. Mike Schmitz has a good video on atheism:
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