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Which was first: Atheism or Religion?
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RE: Which was first: Atheism or Religion?
June 26, 2014 at 2:04 am (This post was last modified: June 26, 2014 at 2:07 am by Whateverist.)
I suspect animistic belief in totems, spirits, deities and so on would actually have preceded our development of symbolic language or the capacity for reason. Of course I don't claim to have any special expertise. Hard to know how anyone would research such a question. But if I'm right, then the first atheist was probably someone who managed to question the pervasive belief in such magical things.
(June 26, 2014 at 1:58 am)paulpablo Wrote:
(June 26, 2014 at 1:40 am)Knowledge of God Wrote: If atheism was first, then religion was created by atheists.

I think religion came very very soon after human brains developed the capacity for imagination and superstition.

And before they had the language to express their rejection of spiritualism.
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Which was first: Atheism or Religion?

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RE: Which was first: Atheism or Religion? - by Esquilax - June 26, 2014 at 1:48 am
Which was first: Atheism or Religion? - by Rampant.A.I. - June 26, 2014 at 2:01 am
RE: Which was first: Atheism or Religion? - by Whateverist - June 26, 2014 at 2:04 am
RE: Which was first: Atheism or Religion? - by Silver - June 26, 2014 at 2:37 am
Which was first: Atheism or Religion? - by Rampant.A.I. - June 26, 2014 at 3:07 am
RE: Which was first: Atheism or Religion? - by fr0d0 - June 26, 2014 at 3:51 am
RE: Which was first: Atheism or Religion? - by bennyboy - June 26, 2014 at 4:17 am
RE: Which was first: Atheism or Religion? - by fr0d0 - June 26, 2014 at 4:18 am
RE: Which was first: Atheism or Religion? - by Esquilax - June 26, 2014 at 4:23 am
RE: Which was first: Atheism or Religion? - by fr0d0 - June 26, 2014 at 5:09 am
RE: Which was first: Atheism or Religion? - by Tonus - June 26, 2014 at 5:56 am
RE: Which was first: Atheism or Religion? - by LastPoet - June 26, 2014 at 4:51 am
RE: Which was first: Atheism or Religion? - by fr0d0 - June 26, 2014 at 4:47 am
RE: Which was first: Atheism or Religion? - by Esquilax - June 26, 2014 at 4:58 am
RE: Which was first: Atheism or Religion? - by Bad Wolf - June 26, 2014 at 5:30 am
RE: Which was first: Atheism or Religion? - by fr0d0 - June 26, 2014 at 4:55 pm
Which was first: Atheism or Religion? - by Rampant.A.I. - June 26, 2014 at 11:47 am
RE: Which was first: Atheism or Religion? - by pocaracas - June 26, 2014 at 12:01 pm
RE: Which was first: Atheism or Religion? - by fr0d0 - June 26, 2014 at 12:08 pm
RE: Which was first: Atheism or Religion? - by Grandizer - June 26, 2014 at 12:30 pm
RE: Which was first: Atheism or Religion? - by fr0d0 - June 26, 2014 at 1:07 pm
RE: Which was first: Atheism or Religion? - by Brian37 - June 26, 2014 at 1:14 pm
RE: Which was first: Atheism or Religion? - by Angrboda - June 26, 2014 at 2:35 pm
RE: Which was first: Atheism or Religion? - by fr0d0 - June 27, 2014 at 2:24 am
RE: Which was first: Atheism or Religion? - by Bad Wolf - June 26, 2014 at 4:56 pm
RE: Which was first: Atheism or Religion? - by fr0d0 - June 26, 2014 at 5:50 pm
RE: Which was first: Atheism or Religion? - by fr0d0 - June 26, 2014 at 5:59 pm
RE: Which was first: Atheism or Religion? - by Bad Wolf - June 26, 2014 at 6:09 pm
RE: Which was first: Atheism or Religion? - by fr0d0 - June 26, 2014 at 6:33 pm
RE: Which was first: Atheism or Religion? - by fr0d0 - June 27, 2014 at 2:50 am
RE: Which was first: Atheism or Religion? - by fr0d0 - June 27, 2014 at 6:35 am
RE: Which was first: Atheism or Religion? - by Mystical - June 26, 2014 at 10:12 pm
RE: Which was first: Atheism or Religion? - by Cato - June 26, 2014 at 6:48 pm
RE: Which was first: Atheism or Religion? - by Chad32 - June 26, 2014 at 7:03 pm
RE: Which was first: Atheism or Religion? - by bennyboy - June 26, 2014 at 7:14 pm
RE: Which was first: Atheism or Religion? - by Mystical - June 26, 2014 at 10:07 pm
RE: Which was first: Atheism or Religion? - by ShaMan - June 27, 2014 at 2:20 am
RE: Which was first: Atheism or Religion? - by ShaMan - June 27, 2014 at 2:44 am
RE: Which was first: Atheism or Religion? - by Cato - June 27, 2014 at 8:44 am
RE: Which was first: Atheism or Religion? - by fr0d0 - June 27, 2014 at 8:19 am
RE: Which was first: Atheism or Religion? - by fr0d0 - June 27, 2014 at 8:53 am
RE: Which was first: Atheism or Religion? - by fr0d0 - June 27, 2014 at 9:31 am
RE: Which was first: Atheism or Religion? - by Chad32 - June 27, 2014 at 9:35 am
RE: Which was first: Atheism or Religion? - by Cyberman - June 28, 2014 at 12:12 am
RE: Which was first: Atheism or Religion? - by bennyboy - June 28, 2014 at 2:51 am
RE: Which was first: Atheism or Religion? - by Esquilax - June 28, 2014 at 5:18 am
RE: Which was first: Atheism or Religion? - by Esquilax - June 28, 2014 at 7:02 am
RE: Which was first: Atheism or Religion? - by Bad Wolf - June 28, 2014 at 7:08 am
RE: Which was first: Atheism or Religion? - by Bad Wolf - June 28, 2014 at 7:22 am
RE: Which was first: Atheism or Religion? - by Tonus - June 28, 2014 at 7:17 am
RE: Which was first: Atheism or Religion? - by fr0d0 - June 28, 2014 at 5:40 pm
RE: Which was first: Atheism or Religion? - by Esquilax - June 28, 2014 at 8:56 pm
RE: Which was first: Atheism or Religion? - by Grandizer - June 27, 2014 at 10:41 am
RE: Which was first: Atheism or Religion? - by fr0d0 - June 27, 2014 at 6:07 pm
RE: Which was first: Atheism or Religion? - by fr0d0 - June 27, 2014 at 9:47 am
Which was first: Atheism or Religion? - by Rampant.A.I. - June 27, 2014 at 12:33 pm
RE: Which was first: Atheism or Religion? - by LostLocke - June 27, 2014 at 12:51 pm
RE: Which was first: Atheism or Religion? - by Mystical - June 27, 2014 at 1:14 pm
RE: Which was first: Atheism or Religion? - by Angrboda - June 27, 2014 at 4:06 pm
RE: Which was first: Atheism or Religion? - by Grandizer - June 27, 2014 at 10:50 pm
RE: Which was first: Atheism or Religion? - by fr0d0 - June 28, 2014 at 5:24 pm
RE: Which was first: Atheism or Religion? - by Cyberman - June 28, 2014 at 8:19 am
RE: Which was first: Atheism or Religion? - by Grandizer - June 28, 2014 at 11:44 pm
RE: Which was first: Atheism or Religion? - by Tonus - June 29, 2014 at 8:43 am
RE: Which was first: Atheism or Religion? - by Dystopia - June 28, 2014 at 9:25 pm
RE: Which was first: Atheism or Religion? - by Cyberman - June 28, 2014 at 9:43 pm
RE: Which was first: Atheism or Religion? - by Dystopia - June 28, 2014 at 9:48 pm
RE: Which was first: Atheism or Religion? - by Cyberman - June 28, 2014 at 9:53 pm
RE: Which was first: Atheism or Religion? - by Cyberman - June 29, 2014 at 11:11 am

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