(June 5, 2014 at 11:26 pm)GalacticBusDriver Wrote:(June 5, 2014 at 10:18 pm)mickiel Wrote: Atheism does not predate Theism, because it came from it. Explain to me how there could be an Atheist, without there first being a Theist?
The term "atheism" may not predate theism (duh), But, the lack of belief in gods certainly predates any beliefs in any gods.
I think that can only be true with humans who were before the time of Adam; which I believe existed, the scientific and Archaeological evidence is there. But I understand many here do not believe in God, thus in Adam, so I did not go there. I see civilization, or modern man, beginning with a knowledge and awareness of God, but that argument is useless on an Atheist board.