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What came first, the atheist or the theist?
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RE: What came first, the atheist or the theist?
Each person becomes aware of the concept of god in their own time. It's not about history or a specific moment in time, as anybody at any time can develop a conscious awareness of the concept of god. And when that moment arrives for a person, they will immediately have a gut reaction to it. They'll either say yes I think it exists, or they'll say no I don't, I think the universe is godless, I think that there must be another explanation for the universe. Then they may or may not seek information to back up what they have already decided is the case. Most of the time it's a case of believing is seeing. You think there's a god, or that there isn't one, and as a result, you always see evidence to support your view, or that points to the strong possibility (in your view) that you're right. This shows that belief or disbelief in god is based more on "where you are" (how you tend to view things, your premises) than anything else. Every single one of us is predisposed to seeing things in a certain way, and this translates as all of our beliefs and what we don't believe in, in other words, our belief system and what we include or exclude from it. That's why they call it a point of view, it's where you are, where you stand, specifically it's more about you, than the subject matter. God either exists or it doesn't, but what is certain is that we are all predisposed to believe one way or the other. And also it goes goes beyond god, since the foundations of whether you are likely to believe in it or not are already there in your psychological makeup and your predisposition. So when the concept of god comes along for the first time, one will already have a tendancy and a likelihood to believe one way or the other already built in.
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What came first, the atheist or the theist? - by Cecco - July 22, 2010 at 7:24 pm
RE: What came first, the atheist or the theist? - by Godhead - July 23, 2010 at 11:58 am
RE: What came first, the atheist or the theist? - by fr0d0 - August 1, 2010 at 10:29 am
RE: What came first, the atheist or the theist? - by fr0d0 - August 1, 2010 at 10:41 am
RE: What came first, the atheist or the theist? - by fr0d0 - August 1, 2010 at 11:34 am
RE: What came first, the atheist or the theist? - by fr0d0 - August 4, 2010 at 10:29 pm

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