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atheism in centuries past
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RE: atheism in centuries past
February 13, 2015 at 12:30 pm (This post was last modified: February 13, 2015 at 12:36 pm by watchamadoodle.)
I've read that in many cases the official charge against Christians in Roman times was atheism. Everybody was expected to at least pretend to honor the Roman gods. Jews were exempted from that requirement, but Gentile Christians were not exempted. Also I believe the Romans saw Christianity as secretive and potentially politically subversive, so it was more complicated than simply atheism.
But getting back to the topic, I'm amazed at the intelligence and rationality of these earlier atheists. They didn't have atheist books or youtube videos, and their culture was almost unanimously religious. Those were some smart and resolute people IMO.
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atheism in centuries past - by watchamadoodle - February 12, 2015 at 7:46 pm
RE: atheism in centuries past - by vorlon13 - February 12, 2015 at 9:16 pm
RE: atheism in centuries past - by Spooky - February 14, 2015 at 5:28 pm
RE: atheism in centuries past - by The Valkyrie - February 12, 2015 at 9:18 pm
RE: atheism in centuries past - by vorlon13 - February 12, 2015 at 9:24 pm
RE: atheism in centuries past - by Dystopia - February 12, 2015 at 9:26 pm
RE: atheism in centuries past - by Chad32 - February 12, 2015 at 9:50 pm
RE: atheism in centuries past - by Dystopia - February 12, 2015 at 10:33 pm
RE: atheism in centuries past - by Chad32 - February 12, 2015 at 10:54 pm
RE: atheism in centuries past - by robvalue - February 12, 2015 at 11:14 pm
RE: atheism in centuries past - by vorlon13 - February 13, 2015 at 12:09 am
RE: atheism in centuries past - by Pyrrho - February 13, 2015 at 10:18 am
RE: atheism in centuries past - by Pyrrho - February 13, 2015 at 12:10 am
RE: atheism in centuries past - by Mudhammam - February 13, 2015 at 4:34 am
RE: atheism in centuries past - by robvalue - February 13, 2015 at 4:00 am
RE: atheism in centuries past - by robvalue - February 13, 2015 at 4:43 am
RE: atheism in centuries past - by dyresand - February 13, 2015 at 10:53 am
RE: atheism in centuries past - by Pyrrho - February 13, 2015 at 11:03 am
RE: atheism in centuries past - by vorlon13 - February 13, 2015 at 12:45 pm
RE: atheism in centuries past - by Cyberman - February 14, 2015 at 12:48 pm
RE: atheism in centuries past - by watchamadoodle - February 13, 2015 at 12:30 pm
RE: atheism in centuries past - by CapnAwesome - February 13, 2015 at 12:45 pm
RE: atheism in centuries past - by dyresand - February 13, 2015 at 8:51 pm
RE: atheism in centuries past - by Chad32 - February 13, 2015 at 10:20 pm
RE: atheism in centuries past - by dyresand - February 14, 2015 at 12:14 am
RE: atheism in centuries past - by Norman Humann - February 14, 2015 at 7:24 am
RE: atheism in centuries past - by dyresand - February 14, 2015 at 10:38 am
RE: atheism in centuries past - by Norman Humann - February 14, 2015 at 10:40 am
RE: atheism in centuries past - by dyresand - February 14, 2015 at 12:41 pm
RE: atheism in centuries past - by Norman Humann - February 14, 2015 at 2:08 pm
RE: atheism in centuries past - by robvalue - February 14, 2015 at 12:49 pm
RE: atheism in centuries past - by wiploc - February 14, 2015 at 2:02 pm
RE: atheism in centuries past - by abaris - February 14, 2015 at 3:44 pm

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