A-theist vs Atheos-ist (RE-UPLOAD)
1,274 views · Published 29 November 2011 · 2:19 · Indexed 18 October 2026
Channel: BionicDance · 2011 · Education
Read my webcomic: http://kanirabaxter.comicgenesis.com/ Visit the BionicDance store: http://www.zazzle.com/bionicdance/ Twitter: http://twitter.com/BionicDance "The A-Word" Podcast: http://theaword.podomatic.com/ atheist Origin: 1565--75; Greek áthe(os) godless + -ist Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2011 ...but then how do you express 'a-theist'--one who is not a believer, but also not an active dis-believer, then? We have TWO words, and unfortunately, they're both spelled the same way. Seems to me that a change is in order, and the easier change is to make the deniers into 'atheosists', given the Greek origin above. Music by Kevin MacLeod: http://incompetech.com/m/c/royalty-free/index.html Used with permission