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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 8:25 pm
(June 25, 2019 at 3:02 am)Losty Wrote: I’m not sure I agree with you here.
Atheism doesn’t mandate that you disbelieve something.
Only that you don’t believe it. Which I don’t think is actually the same.
You may not actively disbelieve every future scientific theory, but
you certainly don’t believe them either.

IDK about you guys, but I disbelieve religious doctrines. That doesn't mean "I believe they aren't true." But it DOES mean, that I've examined them, come to a conclusion about their plausibility and "actively" decided not to believe them. I assume that anyone who categorizes themselves as an atheist has done something similar. We don't generally refer to people as atheists because they have no knowledge of religious doctrines.

I suppose also that we have some ideas about "active" disbelief and "passive" nonbelief. The distinction between these two categories is unclear. Who is a "passive nonbeliever"? I consider myself an agnostic atheist because I have no knowledge of any gods that exist. But I've looked at religious claims, and I DO NOT believe them (what I call "disbelief"). Am I rather a passive "nonbeliever" because of my agnosticism?
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When and where did atheism first start ?

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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 vulcanlogician - June 25, 2019 at 8:25 pm
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 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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