Was there ever a successful atheistic civilization throughout the history???

[VohnnyBoy]

Can’t think of any

 

[VohnnyBoy]

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[The Grinch]

The french atheist revolution

 

[alexias]

Can’t think of any

The Soviets were atheist and there's an civilization named piraha which were the closest thing to atheism

 

[Brus Wane]

atheism in a civilisation was never a thing till communism

I can't remember how legit the article was but basically it said that humans in general are predisposed to believing in higher powers or some shit

atheistbrah just had to go along with all the rituals and stuff to fit in ... push it too far you ended up like Giordano Bruno

 

[MiserableMan]

The IVC did not worship Gods and lasted for a long time, so they could count as the closet "aethistic" civilization that still thrived.

 

[Grape connoisseur]

The IVC did not worship Gods and lasted for a long time, so they could count as the closet "aethistic" civilization that still thrived.

The IVC defo worshipped gods. There have been terracotta figurines exhumed from their sites which may have been embodiments of their deities. And then there is the famous Pashupati Seal, which almost certainly represents some mythical figure of worship. They even had fire altars.

 

[VohnnyBoy]

I can't remember how legit the article was but basically it said that humans in general are predisposed to believing in higher powers or some shit

Should be water at least in these circles. Since young age kids believe in ghosts for an example until "irrefutable scientific facts" prove them otherwise

 

[alurmo]

Can’t think of any

the ancient greeks

 

[alurmo]

atheism in a civilisation was never a thing till communism

I can't remember how legit the article was but basically it said that humans in general are predisposed to believing in higher powers or some shit

atheistbrah just had to go along with all the rituals and stuff to fit in ... push it too far you ended up like Giordano Bruno

i mean predisposed to higher powers maybe yeah but i never felt that, i always felt since i left christianity that we are in general confined as we are from birth forced into into religious customs and prejudice and also inhibited in the natural development of our spirit by soyciety

for me i went from christianity->esoterism/occultism/multiple different beliefs->atheism
but im still not solid in what i believe in, i change my values and opinions every 6 months

 

[VohnnyBoy]

there's an civilization named piraha which were the closest thing to atheism

Well yea technically they're atheist but still believe in spirits and magic. One could even say their spirits are what gods were in Greek Mythology for an example, so they would still be considered polytheists

Point still stands, no such thing as thriving (ancient) civilization

 

[alexias]

Well yea technically they're atheist but still believe in spirits and magic. One could even say their spirits are what gods were in Greek Mythology for an example, so they would still be considered polytheists

Point still stands, no such thing as thriving (ancient) civilization

They rejected missionaries and also did not worship anything but still had an inner belief in something I can't remember

 

[Jason Voorhees]

Early Soviet Union if that counts

 

[MiserableMan]

The IVC defo worshipped gods. There have been terracotta figurines exhumed from their sites which may have been embodiments of their deities. And then there is the famous Pashupati Seal, which almost certainly represents some mythical figure of worship. They even had fire altars.

Their is no evidence that they worshipped any Gods, yes they did seem to have their own Gods. But no hard evidence has been found about any religious related thing except some speculations made by Arceologists.

 

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[thenewhebbe]

The current west