who was burned inBernin1375for confessing adherence to this movement, is reported to have taunted his executioners that they would not have enough wood to burn "Chance, which rules the world". Contemporaneously, inIndiatheCarvakaschool of philosophy, which continued until the fourteenth century, wa...
In antiquity, atheism in its pure form was encountered rarely (the teachings of the Charvaka school in India, Lucretius in ancient Rome). Various forms of religious free-thinking were evident more frequently. In ancient Greece, people who rejected the gods of popular religions were called athe...
(Wikipedia:Pliny the Younger; Epistle Concerning the Christian Religion). This request for advice, by Pliny the Younger, was after the death and resurrection of Jesus. The christians knew exactly who they were worshipping. Pliny and the Emporer, one can be certain, also knew who Jesus was. ...
In these divisive times marked by so much animosity between people who believe in radically different things, whether these be in a religious, political, or some other "hot button" area, it was refreshing for me to read a book with a core message that deeply resonated with me. Namely, t...
RegisterLog in Sign up with one click: Facebook Twitter Google Share on Facebook atheism Dictionary Thesaurus Legal Wikipedia Related to atheism:Richard Dawkins,New atheism atheism(āˈthē-ĭzˌəm), denial of the existence of God or gods and of any supernatural existence, to be distingu...