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Why do theist often drop the letter s when referring to atheists?
June 2, 2018 at 7:56 am
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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.)
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RE: Why do Theist often drop the letter s from when referring to atheists?
June 2, 2018 at 7:57 am
I've honestly not noticed this little theistic quirk.
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RE: Why do theist often drop the letter s when referring to atheists?
June 2, 2018 at 8:20 am
Just trying to understand why some do it. The fact that many don't even realise they are doing it, like GC, makes it even more confusing.
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RE: Why do theist often drop the letter s when referring to atheists?
June 2, 2018 at 8:33 am
I've wondered this also, since I've seen it across multiple message boards.
One theist I asked said her phone autocorrected from atheists to atheist.
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RE: Why do theist often drop the letter s when referring to atheists?
June 2, 2018 at 8:37 am
Never noticed that
"Of course, everyone will claim they respect someone who tries to speak the truth, but in reality, this is a rare quality. Most respect those who speak truths they agree with, and their respect for the speaking only extends as far as their realm of personal agreement. It is less common, almost to the point of becoming a saintly virtue, that someone truly respects and loves the truth seeker, even when their conclusions differ wildly."
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RE: Why do theist often drop the letter s when referring to atheists?
June 2, 2018 at 8:57 am
Maybe I should start posting example on this thread whenever I see Christian do it. What do you guy think?
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RE: Why do theist often drop the letter s when referring to atheists?
June 2, 2018 at 9:22 am
I think that's just because many English speaking theists have poor English. A lot of them also spell it as "athiest". To which I respond "I don't disbelieve in the existence of thighs."
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RE: Why do theist often drop the letter s when referring to atheists?
June 2, 2018 at 12:12 pm
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(June 2, 2018 at 8:20 am)Mathilda Wrote: Just trying to understand why some do it. The fact that many don't even realise they are doing it, like GC, makes it even more confusing.
GC just can't spell. His grammar's for shit as well.
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RE: Why do theist often drop the letter s when referring to atheists?
June 2, 2018 at 1:46 pm
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Edit Reason: see I just did it again
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I've never noticed that, but then again, I usually have re-read my own posts more then once to catch spelling and grammar errors, because my brain has its own "autocorrect" and reads words as they are meant to be spelled not as they necessarily are.
Oh... and I never spell atheist right, the computer just always auto-corrects it.
