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== Origins ==
 
== Origins ==
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It is difficult to trace the origins of atheism as a result of the incomplete historic record. It is known that ancient Greece produced a theory of materialism as early as the 5th century BCE.  The materialist world view was essentially mathematical and had no room for gods{{fact}}.
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It is difficult to trace the origins of atheism as a result of the incomplete historic record. It is known that ancient Greece produced a theory of materialism as early as the 5th century BC.  The materialist world view was essentially mathematical and had no room for gods{{fact}}.
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The writer of the Book of Psalms knew of atheists and atheism and registered disapproval in Psalm 14:  "The Fool hath said in his heart, There is no God."
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The writer of the Book of Psalms knew of atheists and atheism and registered disapproval in Psalm 14:  "The Fool hath said in his heart, There is no God." The book of Psalms precedes the 5th century BC by hundreds of years.
    
== The Problem of Evil==
 
== The Problem of Evil==
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