# I have decided to become an atheist (hypothetical) **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [April 10, 2008, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-decided-to-become-an-atheist-hypothetical/444723 "2008-04-10T03:23:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 19
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2008, 8:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-decided-to-become-an-atheist-hypothetical/444723/361 "2008-04-16T08:36:48Z")
[QUOTE=SentientMeat] So even if you hypothetically became an antheist, you would still be a theist? [/QUOTE] Apparantly even someone who’d never even heard of God is still a theist. People who lived 5000 years ago, long before the rise of monotheism, were worhsipping God and didn’t even know it. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2008, 10:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-decided-to-become-an-atheist-hypothetical/444723/362 "2008-04-16T10:07:57Z")
[QUOTE=mswas] I don’t ‘define’ God, God defines me. [/QUOTE] Wait, I’ve seen this movie - _Mystery Men_, right? You’re channeling The Sphinx, aren’t you - > [@](#): > > " Sphinx:Before you can learn to train, I must train you to learn." > … > Sphinx: "He who questions training only trains himself at asking questions. " > … > Sphinx: If you don’t learn to master your rage… > Mr. Furious: Your rage will become your master? That’s what you were going to say wasn’t it? > Sphinx: Not necessarily :dubious: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-decided-to-become-an-atheist-hypothetical/444723.md?page=18)