(January 18, 2016 at 1:56 pm)robvalue Wrote: I think it has a lot to do with "atheist" being one of the most wildly misunderstood words at the moment. Some people will write an essay when you ask them what it means, and you're lucky if the correct definition is even in the middle somewhere.
Yea it is misunderstood, like "law" and "theory" are by laypeople when they hear it used by scientists.
Another word that is ill used is "capitalism", which is not a form of government.