Sorry. Loved your text and your background music. But was uncapable to listen to both at the same time. Less would have been so much more.

This is incorrect. Look to islam, mathematics and the tenth century for the origins of Atheism.

Atheism is the same thought of Greece, Rome, China, France, Britain, Africa, Asia, the Australia, Democratic Party, Communist Party, Nazis, Labor Party, German SPD, and HAMAS, and it is the cause of war, may LORD has mercy on people.

Charvaka, also known as Lokāyata, is an ancient school of Indian materialism. It is considered as one example of the atheistic schools in the Ancient Indian philosophies. Wikipedia It's so nice when Western thinkers get credit and a first pass on ideas that have existed for so ling in other places. India is a prime example of this. So many theories lived and excelled there for thousands of years only to be 'discovered' or 'invented' by the west.

I don't think he invented atheism, rather he discovered atheism. Atheism as in the truth has always been here.

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There is a reason why religion goes after the young and impressionable instead of the aged and the scholarly; *as the twig is bent, so grows the tree.* We are all born as atheist until someone we trust starts telling us lies.

The princes of Judah have become like those who remove the landmark; upon them I will pour out my wrath like water. Hosea 5:10

How does one "invent" the state of being unconvinced that gods exist?

There was an entire school of philosophy in India in the 6th century BCE known as Lokāyata, that was atheistic and materialistic. So no, Spinoza was not the first atheist.

Worth checking out Epicurus. Far superior to the theist Stoics.

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Great clip! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

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Try reading what Spinoza actually wrote

could upgrade the graphics a little

I’m assuming the first Human to reach emotional maturity, ie adulthood, was the first atheist…

Spinoza was NOT an atheist ⚛️. He was a Diest.

What an idiotic title even though I'm happy to see a publication on spinoza. many other famous philosophers were atheists in the sense of not believing in an anthropomorphic God. Xenophanes and Aristotle were two

Everyone is born atheist, so no!😂

Spinoza was a pantheist, right? Is pantheism same as atheism? I think not. Pantheism renders god as identical with nature, because to separate god from nature is to diminish god. This is to me a clever way to render the churches obsolete and is why the assorted monotheisms took umbrage at Spinoza. He was applying Oakham's razor in a most ingenious fashion. I smile when i think he was doing this just to get a rise out of the establishment. If god is the world (and by the way Whitehead said the same thing) then there is less ritual and other nonsense to be concerned with and we can just go about our day's business. How refreshing. And so this is indeed the best of all possible worlds because it is the only one possible.

Spinoza believed in god, just not a personal god. He knew we created god in our own image but what he didn't get is that the whole concept of there being a god at all was also a human invention. He still talk about there being a perfect being upon which we project our ideas. He didn't get that god itself is just one of those bad ideas. He was definitely NOT an atheist.

If this is AI generated, I have to applaud the pauses and the speech configurations.

Spinoza did not call himself an atheist and would not have done so because in his day the term atheist was used almost exclusively as a pejorative. It wasn't until the late 18th century that thinkers began to openly identify as atheists. That was the case with the French priest Jean Meslier who authored a treatise attacking all religions while calling for the overthrow of the French monarchy and the abolition of private property. His Testament was not published until after his death. Voltaire published an expurgated version of it which preserved the book's attacks on the churches while excising most of the politically radical stuff. But it was the Enlightenment philosopher Baron d'Holbach, who was the first person to publicly identify himself as being an atheist.

A more pertinent question would be who was the first theist.

Spinoza departed from the literalist approach and moved towards the allegorical. Origen predated Spinoza by over a thousand years.

We tell stories We create fictions Merely lies Tell real truth Not fake imageries

We're all born atheist and then programmed to believe in our particular culture's nonsense.

Spinoza was first a Jew. His questioning of the chosen people narrative drew enough negative attention from his faith, that he turned to Christianity. His questioning of some Biblical accounts put him in disfavor with Christians. At the time, the Bible and New Testament were considered to be, literally, the word of God. His "Ethics" was an attempt to argue that purely religious scriptures could not be taken "literally". He would have agreed with Jesus' words in Mark; Chapter 12, Verses 29 - 31; the "love God - love thy neighbor" narrative. He would not have taken the "walking on water" or the "fish feeding narrative" literally.

Because God was created by evil and/or stupid men, the Bible actually teaches us that evil is good. Read the Bible to learn of the evil things your God allegedly did and or ordered humans to do. Here are some examples: How wicked is a new born baby, so many of whom God murdered in the flood? Surely the most evil action in Earth’s factual and/or fictional history is the drowning of millions of people and animals - including their new born children, who could not possibly have offended God. God allegedly instructed Joshua to enter Jericho and kill every man, woman and child. He further instructed the Israelites to kill every man, woman, child and suckling plus their innocent animals if they found one person in any village, town or city who did not worship him. Did 40 children deserve to be mauled to death by a bear for calling a prophet baldy? Well God thought so, which is why he allegedly ordered the bear to carry out that massacre. After forcing Pharaoh to not free the Israelites (by harding his heart), God chose to punish the Egyptians by killing their first born children - because Pharaoh diid what God had forced him to do. Not only is that an example of evil injustice and infanticide, but it is an example of absolute stupidity. Even after Pharaoh had agreed to free the slaves, God stopped him by supernatural force - and then punished other peoples' children because Pharaoh carried out God's will against Pharaoh’s will. God instructs that a man should have his bride killed after discovering she is not a virgin. Which is the greater sin, sex before marriage or murder? According to the Bible, murder is not only a lesser sin - but a necessary instrument of justice against the monstrous sin of sex before marriage. How ridiculously evil is that? In Psalm 135 verse 9 God gives his advice on achieving happiness as “Happy is he who dashes an infant against a rock”. So, according to the Bible, if you wish to be happy, dash an infant against a stone or rock. I could go on about approval of slavery (including selling children as sex slaves), child sacrifice as a thanks to God for helping win battles, having One's son killed for coming home drunk, killing children for lack of respect for their parents (even if the parents were child abusers or murderers), eating of babies...etcetera… These are certainly not MY morals and should not the morals of a good god. These examples are among the reasons why I, who nearly became a priest, am an Atheist - and happier for it. Finally, how can a moral person worship a god who boasts about how he created evil in Isaiah 45/7? Considering this and a multiplicity of other evidence, I have to conclude that to worship God is to worship evil. So I would rather believe in no god than an evil god, because then I would be worshipping evil.

SPINOZA WAS, LIKE LEIBNIZ, A GNOSTIC THEOLOGIAN AND FORERUNNER OF GERMAN IDEALISM AND HEGELIANISM. SO, HE WAS NOT AN ATHEIST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.

Buddha (563B.C- 483B.C), Charvaka (around 500B.C)

Spinoza is being abused by you, sir, with your ridiculous clickbait title and this absolutely false and arrogant assertion of "The First Atheist". Humans have lived and thought with ideas similar to (and equally as sophisticated as) contemporary people for thousands of years. Only a naive or ignorant person would have such a limited understanding of our nature and history to suggest otherwise. Get over yourself...

I love the "clicks" between the pictures on display. Reminds me of my college philosophy class in the early '80s. 😀

'I am' an Ex-Christian. I defy the lies by which is presented before myself and humanity, though the religion it calls Christianity. They (Christians) do NOT demonstrate the faith, they so claim by their own scripture. Is this the deception of the evil they speak of through Demons and Devils? Or down right lies? These Christians speak of powers and miracles through the power of their God. Yet we see nothing. Are you these cowards of lies, then show humanity your faith or forever this day you lay silent!

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The first atheist? Really??...sigh...

how does one "invent" atheism? atheism is simply not believing in fairy tales with no supporting evidence.

It is to witness otherwise intelligent people who so easily cast aside facts, logic, common sense, and the most important one, reason for the supernatural without a shred of compelling evidence. For Christians to claim that god popped out of nowhere and then waves his magic wand, he says a few words, and suddenly everything comes into existence from absolutely is truly delusional.........

Ahhhh, yes, atheists have a personal relationship with reality.........

Imagine that! A Dutch Jew is a troublemaker. (Puckishly stated!)

No , the first Human invented atheism is Epicuro , Spinoza is a Panteism and Deism

ALL IS MIND AND WHAT IT MANIFESTS as an individual truth but not a universal truth. Consciousness came before life as a binary self replicating algorithm, which to many is God to others and to yet more others a lie. G'day from Australia 🇦🇺 Dream on.....

Spinoza is very, very late to the atheist claim. Most of the ancient Greek Philosophers like Socrates questioned the gods. That was one of the accusations against him. Atheism is as old as intelligence and the rejection of superstition.

Music (Beethoven) is from another era!

A pretty good commentary. Liked the pictures shown by great artists, such as Bosch, Bruegel, Raphael, Michelangelo, Rembrandt, Hals, and Vermeer.

Atheist is a term invented for and by those who play teeter totter with them, the theists. Which is most of the world. Humans have always seemed to be superstitious but God moves further and further away as we learn what is reality. Abrahamic religions are the real problem, serving more as metaphorical sheep pens for the still most tribal of the evolving apes. Abraham is the reason these shallow conversations exist.

I completely identify with his way of thinking

The early death of both parents might well render Spinoza an atheist, combined with his massive intellect, which became his idol.

Fanboy video. Just pathetic.