RE: Which was first: Atheism or Religion?
June 26, 2014 at 2:37 am
(This post was last modified: June 26, 2014 at 2:39 am by Paraselene.)
If there was no religion masquerading as truth, there would be no need for atheism.
Having a society know the difference between fantasy and reality is quite different from atheism, for a secular society is not necessarily atheistic. A secular society can have perfect knowledge that myth is just that, mythological.
Atheism, however, derives its knowledge from the religious, theistic idea that unreasonable religious concepts must prevail over reality. Atheism was conceived due to religion and its apparent discourse in societal progress. Without religion, neither religion nor atheism would be concepts in our minds. Rather, without religion, we would merely be a secular, better society where myths are understood as mere fiction concocted by the imagination.
Having a society know the difference between fantasy and reality is quite different from atheism, for a secular society is not necessarily atheistic. A secular society can have perfect knowledge that myth is just that, mythological.
Atheism, however, derives its knowledge from the religious, theistic idea that unreasonable religious concepts must prevail over reality. Atheism was conceived due to religion and its apparent discourse in societal progress. Without religion, neither religion nor atheism would be concepts in our minds. Rather, without religion, we would merely be a secular, better society where myths are understood as mere fiction concocted by the imagination.
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