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Warren Stupidity

(48,181 posts) Wed Feb 17, 2016, 02:03 PM Feb 2016

Atheism is as natural as religion, study suggests

A new study has uncovered vast swathes of the ancient world did not believe in Gods, contrary to popular belief

Atheism is as natural as religion, new research suggests, throwing doubt onto the notion humans are preprogrammed to believe in deities.

A new study by the University of Cambridge has discovered that, contrary to popular belief, vast swathes of the ancient world did not believe in Gods

Largely written out of the history books, many atheists in fact thrived in polytheistic societies - those that worshipped multiple deities - according to a new book.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/atheism-is-as-old-as-religion-new-study-suggests-a6879341.html

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