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Do atheists really have an -ism?

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Do atheists really have an -ism?
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RE: Do atheists really have an -ism?
February 15, 2012 at 2:15 am
For starters, the suffix ism means many different things, it can refer to an action (vandalism) a theory (magnetism) or a classification or grouping of people or ideas (theism).

The etymology for the word "atheism" is from the Latin "A theos" (without god) making atheism not an ism it's self, but the rejection of one. Atheism is neither an action, a theory or a classification, it only exists in it's present form because at some point in time for unknown reasons the term "a theos" was turned into a single word.

What it really means is "without theism".

So again, atheism is not an ism in the way theism, vandalism and magnetism are.
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Do atheists really have an -ism? - by Whateverist - February 15, 2012 at 12:37 am
RE: Do atheists really have an -ism? - by Minimalist - February 15, 2012 at 12:51 am
RE: Do atheists really have an -ism? - by KichigaiNeko - February 15, 2012 at 1:12 am
RE: Do atheists really have an -ism? - by Whateverist - February 15, 2012 at 10:10 am
RE: Do atheists really have an -ism? - by theVOID - February 15, 2012 at 2:15 am
Do atheists really have an -ism? - by KichigaiNeko - February 15, 2012 at 10:36 am
RE: Do atheists really have an -ism? - by Phil - February 15, 2012 at 10:42 am
RE: Do atheists really have an -ism? - by Whateverist - February 15, 2012 at 11:32 am
RE: Do atheists really have an -ism? - by Phil - February 15, 2012 at 11:37 am
RE: Do atheists really have an -ism? - by Whateverist - February 16, 2012 at 2:38 am
RE: Do atheists really have an -ism? - by Phil - February 16, 2012 at 9:16 am
RE: Do atheists really have an -ism? - by Voltair - February 15, 2012 at 11:16 am
RE: Do atheists really have an -ism? - by thesummerqueen - February 15, 2012 at 1:37 pm
RE: Do atheists really have an -ism? - by Whateverist - February 15, 2012 at 9:55 pm
RE: Do atheists really have an -ism? - by Faith No More - February 15, 2012 at 2:13 pm
RE: Do atheists really have an -ism? - by KichigaiNeko - February 15, 2012 at 9:59 pm
RE: Do atheists really have an -ism? - by Whateverist - February 15, 2012 at 10:14 pm
RE: Do atheists really have an -ism? - by KichigaiNeko - February 15, 2012 at 10:18 pm
RE: Do atheists really have an -ism? - by Reforged - February 16, 2012 at 9:26 am
RE: Do atheists really have an -ism? - by Whateverist - February 16, 2012 at 10:24 am
RE: Do atheists really have an -ism? - by Reforged - February 16, 2012 at 4:16 pm
RE: Do atheists really have an -ism? - by thesummerqueen - February 16, 2012 at 9:28 am
RE: Do atheists really have an -ism? - by The Grand Nudger - February 16, 2012 at 12:09 pm
RE: Do atheists really have an -ism? - by thesummerqueen - February 16, 2012 at 12:13 pm
RE: Do atheists really have an -ism? - by Mister Agenda - February 16, 2012 at 4:51 pm
RE: Do atheists really have an -ism? - by thesummerqueen - February 16, 2012 at 9:49 pm
RE: Do atheists really have an -ism? - by theVOID - February 17, 2012 at 12:16 am
RE: Do atheists really have an -ism? - by Shell B - February 17, 2012 at 1:23 am
RE: Do atheists really have an -ism? - by Mister Agenda - February 20, 2012 at 4:32 pm
RE: Do atheists really have an -ism? - by thesummerqueen - February 20, 2012 at 4:40 pm
RE: Do atheists really have an -ism? - by Mister Agenda - February 20, 2012 at 5:23 pm
RE: Do atheists really have an -ism? - by 5thHorseman - February 20, 2012 at 5:06 pm
RE: Do atheists really have an -ism? - by thesummerqueen - February 20, 2012 at 5:07 pm
RE: Do atheists really have an -ism? - by thesummerqueen - February 20, 2012 at 5:26 pm

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