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What came first, the atheist or the theist?

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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?
July 30, 2010 at 6:09 pm
(July 30, 2010 at 6:00 pm)Spencer Wrote:
(July 30, 2010 at 5:53 pm)Scented Nectar Wrote: Also, the actual word for atheism would not exist without theism there first.
Exactly my point.
But the word used to describe a thing, is NOT the same as the thing itself.

Atheism existed before the concepts of gods. The word for it, 'atheism' existed after the concepts of gods.

Two different things entirely.
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What came first, the atheist or the theist?

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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 Scented Nectar - July 30, 2010 at 6:09 pm
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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