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The science end of it is clear enough: our species appeared several hundred thousand years ago in Africa, one of several hominid species of that period, including our ancestral branch Homo erectus, the first of our genus to venture outside Africa.

Not only does it not require "faith" to be an atheist, that aspect should play no role whatsoever in being an atheist

In a philosophical sense atheism is at ground a rejection of supernatural entities as informative principles

I wasn't prone to proselytizing the fact I was an atheist.

Religions can inspire philanthropy and great art, or heretic hunting and ignorance.

If the god(s) are moral and nice, why do they allow things that aren't moral or nice?