In which country did Atheism originate?

Answer 1

AnswerAll humans are atheist by default. Nobody is born believing a religion. For proof, simply look at some stats on people's religion compared to the religion of their parents. Parents teach their kids their own religion. If kids were not taught, they'd come up with their own ideas.

Many would probably come up with theories about massive external forces, such as gods. This is human nature, because there is lots we do not understand about the world we live in. And if you didn't know about how the sun works, then the rising and settiong of something which gives energy and life to everything on earth would seem so far out of your understanding that saying "it must be a god" seems reasonable.

Others would look at the world, and see that there were patterns which could be analysed, and that explanations could be found. In the modern world, if you read a lot (even popular science books), then there's not which isn't understood (at least, compared to the ancient world). And all the theories which invoke a god or gods are shown to be flawed. They simply do not work as they say they do when you examine them closely. Stephen Hawking saying in his new book :the grand design " GOD DID NOT CREATE THE UNIVERSE!!!!!!" UNIVERSE CAN CREATE ITSELF FROM NOTHING DUE TO GREAT PHYSICS LAW....GRAVITY... .. RELIGIOUS PEOPLE BOUND TO ONLY ONLY ONE BOOK!!! Biology ALREADY KICKED OUT GOD THROUGH EVOLOUTION......

Having said that, there have been atheists as far back as we can reliably go. Even some Romans and Greeks looked at the religions of the day and said: "but that doesn't make sense, and it doesn't work - even by the rules it has laid down itself!"

So atheists have always been everywhere. All it takes to be an atheist is to look at what religion claims to be true, and the ability to observe and to think. Anyone who does that objectively becomes an atheist, if they were not already one to begin with.

AnswerHow about Sumer or Ur (some 6000 years ago). AnswerAll humans are inherently religious. This can be explained by the simple fact that the earliest human beings found religion on their own. Relgious individuals (Christians in particular) explain this as God "leaving His mark" in His creation. If one wishes to claim that all humans are inherently atheistic, they are overlooking the fact that one who is incapable of making a choice about religion has obviously not made one (be it Christian, Jewish, atheist, etc.). An individual cannot choose disbelief in God if they can not yet comprehend the idea to begin with.
Atheism did not "start" in any particular place, it is the original status of all humankind. Mark Twain is, however, good enough to tell us when religion started. In his words "Religion was invented when the first con moan met the first fool."

Every child is born an atheist until inculcated with religion by adults.