Atheist

[UserGoogol]

Yes, but mercuryturrent's exact phrasing was "the idea of theism came first."

Judging my today's psychology, and assuming things have either not changed much, or were more complimenting to the following idea then; humans seem to have an association problem in the brain, where they prescribe meaning to inanimate objects, or query about the meaning of those objects. It makes much more sense for a human capable of semiosis to consider under what reason an object is in front of them, instead of how that object came to be in front of them.

But human beings evolved into existance. The tendency of human beings to attribute human-ish agency to things is perfectly sensible, but it makes less sense for our less social ancestors to have held it. The capacity to merely believe things seems like it must be very old, because it seems neccesary to having even the slightest bit of mental intelligence. Therefore, there were creatures who could believe in God but did not, and this seems like a fairly sensible definition of atheism. (Because as I already said, the idea of rocks being atheist seems kind of silly.)

 

[l0rca]

But human beings evolved into existance. The tendency of human beings to attribute human-ish agency to things is perfectly sensible, but it makes less sense for our less social ancestors to have held it. The capacity to merely believe things seems like it must be very old, because it seems neccesary to having even the slightest bit of mental intelligence. Therefore, there were creatures who could believe in God but did not, and this seems like a fairly sensible definition of atheism. (Because as I already said, the idea of rocks being atheist seems kind of silly.)

It seems up for a toss at this point. Your point is valid, but I don't think I'll change my opinion without any evidence.

On a side note (and I've brought this up in other threads, but it's worth mentioning more than once), you might enjoy this: http://conjecturesandrefutations.net/God-Accident.html