RE: When and where did atheism first start ?
June 24, 2019 at 3:55 pm
(This post was last modified: June 24, 2019 at 3:56 pm by Simon Moon.)
(June 23, 2019 at 12:31 pm)hindu Wrote: Hello Friends,
Can anyone tell me from where did atheism start and when did it start ?
Thanks
As others have said, pretty much as soon as someone claimed that a god exists (and failed to meet their burden of proof), there was most likely someone else who was not convinced of their claim.
Just to clarify a bit, atheism not a claim in itself, it is a response to a claim. At its most basic level, atheism is NOT being convinced that gods exist. Atheism would not be a thing, unless and until, someone made a god claim.
You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.