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AfterInfinity
reply to post by beezzer
Maybe the more educated a culture is, the less they are able to acknowledge the presence of god.
And why is that?
piequal3because14
reply to post by beezzer
"If you come from nowhere and you are going nowhere,then love shouldn't exist,or love does not exists."
I don't think there were. And if there weren't, doesn't that give some indication of a higher being? A god? A pantheon of gods? A God?
"But as long as we come from love,as creation,then God it is the answer to all questions,because He is Love."
luciddream
reply to post by beezzer
Everyone has the "faith" mind set... but how far can you push it?
Saying, i have a faith that i can make this jump across the crevice... compared to...
to a point where someone believes a magical supreme being that is responsible for every single aspect of the world is watching your every move and have devoting your life ans salary to it? i don't know... that is really pushing it.
Since religion had to have a beginning, atheism is older than religion. Richard Leakey (The Origin of Humankind) believes that the first evidence of religion shows up around 30,000 years ago, in certain cave paintings in Europe. Ritual burials, arguably evidence of religious practices, date from about the same time. Based on that evidence, all humans were atheists until around 30,000 years ago. Atheism was never 'created' and is not a response to any one religion, because it is not an organised philosophy - anyone who does not believe in any god is an atheist.
It is not about being small or big,it's about having a good soul,and indeed you are a good person with a good soul.
I like that. Really. It just causes me to question more, though.
*sigh*
Sometimes I'm just too small to understand.
To know god is to know thyself?
I don't know.
I'll admit, the idea of religion, while comforting, confuses me.
Perhaps it is because I confuse religion with god.
I don't want to confuse faith with religion, though.
In my mind, faith is the belief in something "more" and religion in the vehicle to convey that belief.
beezzer
Thanks for the replies.
So atheism is a recent construct then?
I just find it interesting that separate cultures can discover religion.
new_here
beezzer
Thanks for the replies.
So atheism is a recent construct then?
I just find it interesting that separate cultures can discover religion.
You know, I wonder if the colliding of cultures over time resulted in Atheism. If you think about it, some cultures has 'this part' figured out, and attributed all unknown phenomenon to God, while this other culture had 'this other part' figured out, and different unknowns attributed to God. When they meet up, they debunk each other's God by lifting the veil from each other's unknown phenomena.
Well, it kind of makes sense in my head. What do you think?
beezzer
I've been pondering mortality lately.
Faith, god/God/gods/Gods.
It has created a question.
Now to preface the question, I must state that this isn't to endorse a specific secular religion or belief.
Imagine 3,000 years ago, there were humans scattered widely throughout the planet and none were in any real contact with each other. Yet they all had religions. Beliefs. Rituals. Customs.
Were there any atheist pre-historic cultures?
I don't think there were. And if there weren't, doesn't that give some indication of a higher being? A god? A pantheon of gods? A God?
Thank you for your consideration.
beez
beezzer
Were there any atheist pre-historic cultures?
I don't think there were. And if there weren't, doesn't that give some indication of a higher being? A god? A pantheon of gods? A God?
beez