How did atheism start?

A frequent guest on The Phil Donahue Show, popular media, and the press, Madalyn did much to shine a critical light on the privileges enjoyed by the religious. By using the courts to protect the wall of separation envisioned by our Founders, American Atheists helped to protect the rights of atheists and the religious alike. read more

Within the astika ("orthodox") schools of Hindu philosophy, the Samkhya and the early Mimamsa school did not accept a creator-deity in their respective systems. Philosophical atheist thought began to appear in Europe and Asia in the sixth or fifth century BCE. read more

Atheism is simply the lack of belief in any gods, so it predates every religion. Believe it or not, people didn't always wonder if there was a god, not until people started making up stories about one. read more

Atheism did not need a label until churches, gods, and religions became so common place that to NOT believe in any of the gods was now seen as unique. Atheism originated everywhere there were people. Atheism is the natural state into which we are born. read more