RE: Why do theist often drop the letter s when referring to atheists?
August 22, 2018 at 3:35 pm
(This post was last modified: August 22, 2018 at 3:36 pm by Whateverist.)
(June 2, 2018 at 7:56 am)Mathilda Wrote: This has bugged me for a long time and when I've asked theists they deny knowing that they are doing it. Yet they never say theist instead of theists.
Atheist is a noun. Like most nouns you put an s at the end to signify plural. Are they accusing atheists of having a hive mind?
So please can someone explain why they do it?
(And yes I know I did the same when referring to theists in the title. It was deliberate.)
Perhaps they are assuming that every atheist is but a manifestation of the devil having abandoned their immortal soul and the very possibility of authentic individual choice when they turned against God.
(August 22, 2018 at 9:44 am)Huggy74 Wrote:(August 22, 2018 at 3:25 am)Mathilda Wrote: I can now add Huggy to the list.You guys never heard of a typo?
Shhh. We're working on building a mountain here.