RE: Atheist tattoo advice
January 31, 2012 at 2:46 am
(This post was last modified: January 31, 2012 at 2:58 am by Bio66.)
(January 30, 2012 at 4:11 pm)kılıç_mehmet Wrote:(January 30, 2012 at 3:36 am)Bio66 Wrote: Hello, Im thinking of getting the word athiest in ancient Greek. Does anyone know an accurate translation?
Why?
Why what?
(January 30, 2012 at 5:00 pm)5thHorseman Wrote: If you're going to get a tattoo with your beliefs, be a bit more subtle and get something like, 'slave to no one'
Why would it have to be subtle about being athiest?
(January 30, 2012 at 4:48 pm)reverendjeremiah Wrote: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atheism
ἄθεος
or
ἀσεβής
http://translate.google.com/#auto|el|Atheist
Atheist = αθεϊστής
Pronounced "Ah-thee-stees"
![[Image: Ephesians_2%2C12_-_Greek_atheos.jpg]](https://images.weserv.nl/?url=upload.wikimedia.org%2Fwikipedia%2Fcommons%2Fb%2Fba%2FEphesians_2%252C12_-_Greek_atheos.jpg)
Even here you have it spelt 3 different ways. How do you know which one came first for that matter how do you know that means what Wikipedia says it means? Are they ancient Greek or modern.
