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They did it because an important part of human nature is to explore, to try new things, to delve into secrets, to learn.
I don't understand the question. What does the Bible and God have to do with trying to prevent children from dying?
As I understand it, only the White Queen believes in 6 impossible things before breakfast.
I said unaware of the concept of gods, not "unaware of any Gods." Keep this up and you'll soon be out of straw.
Yet another straw man. I said awareness of the concept of gods, not "other peoples concepts of God."
Why insist on misrepresenting my argument?
If no one had ever heard of a god, there would be no belief or lack of belief in a god
I'm not being defensive. I've posted evidence that you have manipulated my words on three separate occasions and refuted arguments that I never made.
Atheism isn't a position.
That's disappointing...and a deflection.
What I actually wrote.
Then any further discussion on the subject is futile.
Atheism is a theistic position.
What's the position that you think atheism is taking?
The position that they lack belief in God or gods; the opposite of theism which holds the position of having belief in God or gods.
But not you of course.Look at you, fighting the obvious tooth and nail!
Burying our dead goes back a very long time. And is common among early humans wherever they were living. It doesn't matter if they thought there was an afterlife or not. What matters is that they perceived a spirit within their fellow humans that deserved their respect and care even after the body of their fellow humans had died. It is this perceived spirit within nature, animating nature, transcending nature, that sets humans apart from all other animals, and in fact defines us as human to a large degree. And this is as true today as it was true many thousands of years ago.
Well tell me something I don't already know.
Indeed, it is. It is the position that holds that no God/gods exists in any way that effect the course of humanity. It is the antithetical position proposed and held by theism: that a God/gods of some kind does exist in some manner that effects the course of humanity.
But that's not a position; it's the lack of a position. You said so yourself.
Atheist lack belief based on lack of evidence.
Well it's certainly good enough for the Encyclopedia Britannica:
If you want to be educated you learn that humans evolved along with other life forms, and our species is part of the animal lingdom. Having read your posts many times I understand you have been wrongly influenced by obsolete Christian ideas about humans, and you seem to resist learning facts about what we humans are. From a pssycolical perspective it is theists who follow an emotional path and adopt untrue dogmas that are more impulsive and non-rational than those who are willing to learn from what experts in science report. So you reflect a more primal way of feeling and thinking in contrast to the more sophisticated folks who accept science and reason as effective tools. So your critique and beliefs are quite ironic.
But you aren't doing that by adopting untrue ideas from a religion and rejecting expertise, science, and reason.
Can you point out any other reality as a mortal? No you can't. You have beliefs that you adopted from a tradition of Christianity, and it has no basis in fact or truth. You being critical of critical thinkers for not adopting your untrue ideas illustrates the irony of your position. You're failing to see and understand the folly you write about.
Why? Because you aren't following facts and knowledge, and instead advance unture religious ideas. You're in a no win situation because atheists tend to frame their understanding with reason and following facts, including science. You reject anything your false dogma says, and without any facts or reasoning behind it. You are stating unreasonable beliefs, not reasoned conclusions based on evidence. You don't seem aware of how limited your views are.
Because it is fact-based. And you don't seem to have adequate self-awareness of your bias against anything that contradicts your bad religious dogma. Look at how you question others, but not your own beliefs. You reject any explanation that critical thinkers present, and can't defend what you believe with evidence or reason.
Look at how you can't even admit atheists can do good things wthout trying to self-serve your religion. That's selfish and greedy. It suggests to me that your religious beliefs have not served you very well. Is this how you want others to see your religion? As an ethical failure?