CCC 2126

Atheism is often based on a false conception of human autonomy, exaggerated to the point of refusing any dependence on God.⁶³ Cf. GS 20 # 1. 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...."⁶⁴ GS 21 # 3. "For the Church knows full well that her message is in harmony with the most secret desires of the human heart."⁶⁵ GS 21 # 7.