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Comment author: Manfred 15 February 2013 09:00:11PM *  3 points [-]

Dawkins-style militant atheism, a belief in zero gods

Weird choice of label. Wouldn't you just call that something like "no-god-ism?" Perhaps with a latin translation?

Comment author: handoflixue 19 February 2013 08:24:10PM 0 points [-]

Wouldn't you just call that something like "no-god-ism?" Perhaps with a latin translation?

Well, "no" would be "a-"

"-theism- actually contains two roots: -the-, meaning "god, divinity", and "-ism", which is a suffix used to create abstract nouns denoting a actions, conditions, or beliefs." - http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_does_the_root_theism_mean

So "athe" would mean "no gods", and "atheism" would be that belief.

Which is a long-winded way of saying that, um, atheism already is the correct term.

I also learned that "athe" is a fun word to say ^_^

Comment author: pedanterrific 19 February 2013 08:49:33PM 1 point [-]

I can't tell if you're aware that that was Manfred's point.

Comment author: handoflixue 19 February 2013 10:11:06PM 1 point [-]

That "woosh" you heard was Manfred's point going over my head. shminux distinction seems entirely warranted in-context, since he's differentiating between "I believe there are no gods" and "I don't believe in gods", both of which are, technically, "atheism".

Comment author: shminux 15 February 2013 09:51:19PM 0 points [-]

"no-god-ism?" Perhaps with a latin translation?

Funny. My point is the opposite, the term needs to be translated to English in order to avoid confusion.

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