In categories, non-existences refers to things that, although once believed to exist, do not exist, in reality.
Religio-mythology | Figures
The following are religio-mythology based non-existences, once believed to be real people or entities, but now considered fictional:
● Adam and Eve never existed (Ingersoll, c.1882)
● Noah never existed
● Abraham never existed (see: Abraham and Brahma) (Ibn Warraq, 1995) (Ѻ); (Thims, 2004)
● Sarah never existed
● Buddha never existed
● Moses never existed (Wittgenstein, 1953)
● Virgin Mary never existed (see: virgin birth)
● Jesus never existed | Achristism
● Muhammad never existed
● God does not exist
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Religio-mythology | Things
The following are religio-mythology things once considered to exist, but now considered fictional:
● Soul does not exist | Asoulism
● Spirit does not exist | Aspiritism
● Karma does not exist
● Life does not exist
● Afterlife does not exist
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Science
In science, things once believed to exist, but now no longer believed to exist, include: ether, caloric, phlogiston, terra pinguis, three elements, four elements, perpetual motion, philosopher's stone, to name a few.
