That's funny, because Dataman just told us atheism is a new thing and therefore atheists have the burden of proof (the points you earned for originality, data, are unfortunately negated by the subtraction for your massive historical error). So how is it that the Book of Daniel addresses them?That passage in Daniel is referring to the anti-Christ's actions in the near future. God knew that his physical laws would be worshipped in the last days. Atheists do worship the physical laws not realizing that God has the power to suspend those laws.
I'm pretty sure the cavemen were atheists, as an FYI.
Ha!...how do you know?! Observations of gorillas show that they sometimes look to the setting sun when a member of their group dies. If gorillas can, neanderthals can.
Do not associate this with hostility, but could you cite your empiracle source for the gorrila claim?
I've never heard such a claim, but I have heard similar claims made which are later completely disproven.
One example of such a claim is chimp altruism by Carl Sagan in "Shadows of the Forgotten Ancestors." In fact this was disproven by Dr. Ian Gilby's study of meat sharing as a hedonistic/selfish attempt to pacify beggers.