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"What did flags hang on for centuries before that?"  Flagstaffs. [[User:LarsJ|LarsJ]] 13:59, 14 June 2009 (EDT)
 
"What did flags hang on for centuries before that?"  Flagstaffs. [[User:LarsJ|LarsJ]] 13:59, 14 June 2009 (EDT)
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: Excellent!  "Flagstaff" it must have been.--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 14:33, 14 June 2009 (EDT)
    
==Theism==
 
==Theism==
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I think Epicurus was more of a deist or agnostic than an atheist. He did admit that gods might exist but they had no influence on the world. However, I would guess there were atheists before the 1800s if the word first appeared in 1587. --[[User:OscarJ|OscarJ]] 14:13, 14 June 2009 (EDT)
 
I think Epicurus was more of a deist or agnostic than an atheist. He did admit that gods might exist but they had no influence on the world. However, I would guess there were atheists before the 1800s if the word first appeared in 1587. --[[User:OscarJ|OscarJ]] 14:13, 14 June 2009 (EDT)
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:It's a myth that were atheists in ancient times.  There may not even be true atheists today.  More typically an "atheist" is simply an anti-Christian.--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 14:33, 14 June 2009 (EDT)
    
==English words==
 
==English words==
    
This article appears to give the dates when these words first appeared in English. Isn't it possible that words for these concepts already existed in other languages before that? --[[User:OscarJ|OscarJ]] 14:16, 14 June 2009 (EDT)
 
This article appears to give the dates when these words first appeared in English. Isn't it possible that words for these concepts already existed in other languages before that? --[[User:OscarJ|OscarJ]] 14:16, 14 June 2009 (EDT)
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:Maybe, maybe not.  Regardless the surprising dates of origin in English are still ... surprising.--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 14:33, 14 June 2009 (EDT)
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