False perceptions about Atheism and Agnosticism

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Do I have anything better?

Absolutely. I just didn't think it would come to this! LOL.

The word "Atheist" comes from the greek word "ἄθεος", meaning "Without god, knowing and worshipping no God"

As evidence that this term was meant to, nor did it, denote a denial of god, early Christians were often branded "Atheists" for their LACK OF BELIEF in multiple gods.

Now, before one of these religious fanatics attempts to refute that commonly accepted piece of ancient history, I'll cite the Strongs notation from the Thayer's Greek Lexicon:

ἄθεος, (Θεός) (from Pindar down], without God, knowing and worshipping no God, in which sense Aelian v. h. 2, 31 declares ὅτι μηδείς τῶν βαρβάρων ἄθεος; in classic authors generally slighting the gods, impious, repudiating the gods recognized by the state, in which sense certain Greek philosophers, the Jews (Josephus, contra Apion 2, 14, 4), and subsequently Christians were called ἄθεοι (or Atheists) by the heathen (Justin, Apology 1, 13, etc.).

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Statler,

With all due respect, man, I suspect you are an educated man. You just got a poor and misguided education. Between this error and the crap you believe about Joseph's father, it's clear to me that you were not educated responsibly.

You are obviously a fairly smart guy, and you owe it to yourself to challenge some of the crap you've been brain washed to believe. This subject alone should be beckoning you to do so. The fact that Christians were called "Atheists" leaves no room for debate on this subject, as it makes clear what the initial meaning behind the word was, and what the long accepted definition of it was.

Don't embarrass yourself any further here. And, like I said, consider the implications regarding how you came to believe that crap in the first place. You are part of a belief system that has been changing, destroying, deceiving, and even killing to stay alive for centuries now. Is that really who you are?

Only you know the answer to that question.