(October 11, 2015 at 6:12 pm)jenny1972 Wrote: ...
(October 11, 2015 at 6:11 pm)Alex K Wrote: Welcome, Jenny!
But write "atheists" with an ei, not an ie, please?
isnt the rule i before e except after c? i think you atheists just like being rebellious
"Atheist" is the combination of the prefix "a-" (meaning "not" in this case) with the word "theist." If the word "theist" were spelled differently, then the word "atheist" would likewise be spelled differently.
Also, the "i before e except after c" rule has many exceptions:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_before_E_except_after_C
And don't mind Alex. After demonstrating his passion for exact English, next he will probably start pretending to be German. Still, he seems to know a thing or two about physics, so if you have any physics questions, you might want to head over to the physical science section of the forum and pay attention to his remarks on that topic.
"A wise man ... proportions his belief to the evidence."
— David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, Section X, Part I.