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Full Idea
For Epicureans the gods are made of atoms, so in that case they are not eternal.
Gist of Idea
For Epicureans gods are made of atoms, and are not eternal
Source
report of Epicurus (fragments/reports [c.289 BCE]) by M. Tullius Cicero - On the Nature of the Gods ('De natura deorum') I.68
Book Ref
Cicero: 'The Nature of the Gods', ed/tr. McGregor,Horace [Penguin 1972], p.96