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How to End Atheism . . .

epix said:
There are two words that start with letter a: addiction and atheism.

There are two words that start with D and C: Divine Coexistence.
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Divine Coexistence? As in polytheism? Interesting, but do not think it would work ... how would Visnu, Ometotl and Yahveh decide the future of the world? (by voting?) :rolleyes:
 
dafydd said:
It's fair bet that a theist will believe in a god,except for Church Of England bishops.
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There just has to be a corner in the brains of some of those bishops which they have to deny constantly because it keeps pointing out to them that the God they're always talking about doesn't exist.
Unfortunately of course there isn't a replacement system anywhere remotely ready to set up in place of the CofE.
 
John Jones said:
Aardvark starts with the letter A. So does Asinine.
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Holy crap!

Where is the nearest church of the Inane Edentate, that I may worship at His termite-smiting paws?

Seriously though, I just saw a post and assumed due to it's silliness that we were playing word association games.
 
ynot said:
Evidence?
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atheism
1580s, from Fr. athéisme (16c.), from Gk. atheos "without god" (see atheist).
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atheist
1570s, from Fr. athéiste (16c.), from Gk. atheos "to deny the gods, godless," from a- "without" + theos "a god" (see Thea). A slightly earlier form is represented by atheonism (1530s) which is perhaps from It. atheo "atheist."
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theism
"belief in a deity," 1670s; see theist. Meaning "belief in one god" (as opposed to polytheism) is recorded from 1711.
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theist
1660s, from Gk. theos "god" (see Thea) + -ist. The original senses was that later reserved to deist: "one who believes in a transcendant god but denies revelation." Later in 18c. theist was contrasted with deist, as allowing the possibility of revelation.
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deism
1680s (deist is from 1620s), from Fr. déisme, from L. deus "god" (see Zeus). Until c.1700, opposed to atheism, in a sense where we now would use theism (see theist).
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deist
1620s, from Fr. déiste, from L. deus (see Zeus). Related: Deistic (1795). Also cf. deism.
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Whichever way you look at it, our word "theism" clearly derived from "atheism", not the other way around.
 
John Jones said:
Aardvark starts with the letter A. So does Asinine.
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"We call upon you, Ascended Asinine Aardvark, to awash away all assertions to our atrocities and abominations. And please absolve us as we absolute apologize for being so adamant in our ambitions to amend our aliments.

Additionally, we ask apprehensively, to assertively add to our abundance that we may have ample adequate amenities as we abjure from that anti-angel, Anathema.

Also, please don't attack and absorb us like ants.

Amen."

.....does this make me a theist now?????



:D
 
gumboot said:
atheism
1580s, from Fr. athéisme (16c.), from Gk. atheos "without god" (see atheist).
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atheist
1570s, from Fr. athéiste (16c.), from Gk. atheos "to deny the gods, godless," from a- "without" + theos "a god" (see Thea). A slightly earlier form is represented by atheonism (1530s) which is perhaps from It. atheo "atheist."
Source

theism
"belief in a deity," 1670s; see theist. Meaning "belief in one god" (as opposed to polytheism) is recorded from 1711.
Source

theist
1660s, from Gk. theos "god" (see Thea) + -ist. The original senses was that later reserved to deist: "one who believes in a transcendant god but denies revelation." Later in 18c. theist was contrasted with deist, as allowing the possibility of revelation.
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deism
1680s (deist is from 1620s), from Fr. déisme, from L. deus "god" (see Zeus). Until c.1700, opposed to atheism, in a sense where we now would use theism (see theist).
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deist
1620s, from Fr. déiste, from L. deus (see Zeus). Related: Deistic (1795). Also cf. deism.
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Whichever way you look at it, our word "theism" clearly derived from "atheism", not the other way around.
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Apparently not, neither is cited in the other's etymology.
 
Regardless of which word was coined and used first obviously people believed in gods before other people denied existence of gods or rejected the validity of beliefs in gods.

It seems the original meaning of Atheist (coined by believers - aka Theists) was to deny or reject gods that were assumed to exist (do exist) rather than to merely not believe in gods or question their existence. Meanings of words change over time and today Atheist might mean “no belief in a god” to some. I don’t like or accept this meaning because “no belief in a god” was the default position of everyone before the concept and claims of gods ever existed. Given Atheist was a word created by those that believe in gods I think it should retain at least some connection to beliefs and claims that gods exist.

If Atheist means to deny or reject gods that do exist then I’m not an Atheist as I don‘t agree that they do exist. However if atheist means to refute and reject claims that gods do exist then I’m an atheist and this is the meaning of atheist I accept and use (this isn’t saying gods don’t exist).
 
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John Jones said:
No, it's not. I accept that theists believe in gods. It's freaking undeniable.

Better luck next time.
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Theists belief in a god isn’t the same as Theists believing in a god. Not accepting the belief isn’t not accepting the believing.

Don't need a next time :p
 
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Epix is doing his usual trick,lying low until he thinks that we have forgotten his self inflicted wounds,then start another inane thread.
 
JFrankA said:
"We call upon you, Ascended Asinine Aardvark, to awash away all assertions to our atrocities and abominations. And please absolve us as we absolute apologize for being so adamant in our ambitions to amend our aliments.

Additionally, we ask apprehensively, to assertively add to our abundance that we may have ample adequate amenities as we abjure from that anti-angel, Anathema.

Also, please don't attack and absorb us like ants.

Amen."

.....does this make me a theist now?????



:D
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Possibly you are safe from theism. However, the Association for the Abolition of Arbitrary Alliteration would like a word with you concerning this post.
 
Agatha said:
Possibly you are safe from theism. However, the Association for the Abolition of Arbitrary Alliteration would like a word with you concerning this post.
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Ah. I assumed my alliteration aligned along assimilating amusement. Apparently, it accomplished the adverse. Apologies, Agatha.....






:D
 
ynot said:
Regardless of which word was coined and used first obviously people believed in gods before other people denied existence of gods or rejected the validity of beliefs in gods.

It seems the original meaning of Atheist (coined by believers - aka Theists) was to deny or reject gods that were assumed to exist (do exist) rather than to merely not believe in gods or question their existence. Meanings of words change over time and today Atheist might mean
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ynot said:
Regardless of which word was coined and used first obviously people believed in gods before other people denied existence of gods or rejected the validity of beliefs in gods.

It seems the original meaning of Atheist (coined by believers - aka Theists) was to deny or reject gods that were assumed to exist (do exist) rather than to merely not believe in gods or question their existence. Meanings of words change over time and today Atheist might mean
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Not sure what happened there, tapatalk gremlins i will try again.
 
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