(January 23, 2019 at 5:41 pm)T0 Th3 M4X Wrote: Yes, we went through this before and you didn't have a source that validated your statement. That's when you went on a tangent about how the encyclopedia I cited was wrong. Glad to look at a different citation if you have one now?
Every source I can find online, and there are several, say the word atheism originated in the 5th century BCE by the Greeks.
That seems a bit earlier, and from the wrong area of the planet, to refer to people that didn't believe in the the Judeo-Christian god.
You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.