RE: why is there even a word to describe non believers?
April 17, 2014 at 11:55 am
(This post was last modified: April 17, 2014 at 11:57 am by Confused Ape.)
Atheism - Oxford Dictionary
That's all that the word means.
Disbelief or lack of belief in the existence of deities doesn't automatically mean that all atheists are sane and rational. For example, you don't have to believe in deities to believe in alien abductions. Atheists can suffer from mental illnesses, too.
Quote:Disbelief or lack of belief in the existence of God or gods.
Origin
late 16th century: from French athéisme, from Greek atheos, from a- 'without' + theos 'god'.
That's all that the word means.
Disbelief or lack of belief in the existence of deities doesn't automatically mean that all atheists are sane and rational. For example, you don't have to believe in deities to believe in alien abductions. Atheists can suffer from mental illnesses, too.
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