(April 5, 2016 at 2:18 am)The_Empress Wrote:I think that modern atheists have attempted to morph the meaning of atheism into something new. In the strictest sense, "atheism" means "without God."(April 5, 2016 at 2:14 am)AJW333 Wrote: If there is no God then life must have begun via abiogenesis.
A lack of nuance, false dichotomies, and Dunning-Kruger...
You're either a Poe or really, really clueless.
Hint: "atheism" isn't necessarily an assertion that there is (are) no god(s).
Another hint: if abiogenesis is incorrect, your god of choice isn't the answer by default.
Origin
Late 16th century: from French athéisme, from Greek atheos, from a- 'without' + theos 'god'. Oxford Dictionary.