[celmak]

So then, either atheism is the originator of conflict, and responsible for more years of conflict, or man has only been around for a few thousand years, and there is another reason for conflict.

Brilliant observation; wish I had it during my History of Science class.

[CarrotAndStick]

He could argue that there were more primitive religions before that. I would submit atheism existed first, if man did not come from Adam and Eve, because if God is the invention of man, then there was a time that the concept of God did not exist.

So, when this chimpanzee from one group kills a member from another, both were atheists?