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When and where did atheism first start ?

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When and where did atheism first start ?
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RE: When and where did atheism first start ?
June 25, 2019 at 6:34 am
(June 25, 2019 at 6:01 am)ignoramus Wrote: Dumb question ... probably just semantics.
Can one be an atheist without understanding the "theist" portion?

Are we all a-jgkrtgkje45o6tu954 -ists?

I'm pretty sure that a baby, rock, or lizard is nominally an atheist, in a trivial sense, because they have no concept of god. In that sense we are all a-jgkrtgkje45o6tu954 -ists.

Adult humans who are capable of language and live in a society have all heard about theism and have decided it isn't persuasive. It may be going too far to say we "understand" the theist position. Even theists may not understand it. But they have heard it and hold to it, while we have heard it and don't. 

Some people have claimed to me that they still have the minds of babies, but I don't believe them.
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When and where did atheism first start ? - by hindu - June 23, 2019 at 12:31 pm
RE: When and where did atheism first start ? - by Aegon - June 23, 2019 at 3:14 pm
RE: When and where did atheism first start ? - by Losty - June 25, 2019 at 3:04 am
RE: When and where did atheism first start ? - by Losty - June 25, 2019 at 3:02 am
RE: When and where did atheism first start ? - by Losty - June 26, 2019 at 12:55 am
RE: When and where did atheism first start ? - by Sal - June 23, 2019 at 3:58 pm
RE: When and where did atheism first start ? - by Losty - June 25, 2019 at 3:10 am
RE: When and where did atheism first start ? - by Aegon - June 25, 2019 at 2:28 pm
RE: When and where did atheism first start ? - by Belacqua - June 25, 2019 at 6:34 am
RE: When and where did atheism first start ? - by Losty - June 25, 2019 at 7:19 am
RE: When and where did atheism first start ? - by Losty - June 25, 2019 at 7:18 am
RE: When and where did atheism first start ? - by Losty - June 25, 2019 at 7:39 am
RE: When and where did atheism first start ? - by Losty - June 25, 2019 at 8:56 am
RE: When and where did atheism first start ? - by Losty - June 25, 2019 at 9:06 am
RE: When and where did atheism first start ? - by Losty - June 25, 2019 at 9:56 am
RE: When and where did atheism first start ? - by Losty - June 25, 2019 at 9:59 am
RE: When and where did atheism first start ? - by Cod - July 3, 2019 at 9:05 am
RE: When and where did atheism first start ? - by Cod - July 9, 2019 at 7:55 am
RE: When and where did atheism first start ? - by Cod - July 9, 2019 at 9:01 am
RE: When and where did atheism first start ? - by Cod - July 10, 2019 at 3:02 am
RE: When and where did atheism first start ? - by Cod - July 10, 2019 at 4:25 am
RE: When and where did atheism first start ? - by Cod - July 10, 2019 at 5:02 am
RE: When and where did atheism first start ? - by comet - July 16, 2019 at 8:45 pm

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