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Atheism and Leperchauns-ism
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Cacotopia
Let's go full Trottle
What the?
I can't even...?
Who's got this?
Be easy on the OP...he is not at fault for being oblivious to the correction received at other threads....
Don't be easy, I think he needs some harsh criticism drilled into his skull with industrial power tools to get the information in there.
Subduction Zone
Veteran Member
I already pointed out that you have this backwards.
You are the one that believes in "Leprechaunism".
Do you not understand that?
Subduction Zone
Veteran Member
Sadly I tried to explain to him how theism was like Leprechanism and without evidence one tends to be an "A-leprechaunist". He simply can't understand his belief in "Leprechauns".
Cacotopia
Let's go full Trottle
I take offense to every thread you make about the same topic when people waste their time answering your questions that are growing exponentially in the factor of ridiculousness. The questions are worded differently about the same exact topic. Wha...How,,,,Why, Why can't you figure this out.
Spiderman
Veteran Member
He doesn't know any better...
Where is your sense of humor?
I know, it isn't funny when people are oblivious to correction...but having a sense of humor with people can make life easier for you!
Cacotopia
Let's go full Trottle
I had a sense of humor about it when the first question was posed, but that was thousands of questions about the same exact thing years ago.He doesn't know any better...
Where is your sense of humor?
I know, it isn't funny when people are oblivious to correction...but having a sense of humor with people can make life easier for you!
I'm not offended, just a little confused.
Atheism is sometimes compared to Aleprechaunism as a way of demonstrating how we 'normally' deal with non beliefs.
I don't find that super helpful, but that's what folks do. Your OP isn't worded like that, hence the confusion.
Altfish
Veteran Member
It is all about standards; just because we reply to drivel doesn't mean we have to write drivel
Mox
Dr Green Fingers
One does not believe in Atheism, because atheism is the rejection of a particular set of beliefs. Those that all have in common, supernatural controlling deities.
Atheism in basic definition, is the non belief in Gods. The word literally means 'Without-God'.
It is exactly the same as non belief in the fictions of ''Flat Earth Theory'' or Creationism.
It is a lack of belief, not a positive belief.
Augustus
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"Without god" + -ism
-ism | ɪz(ə)m | suffix 2 forming nouns denoting a system, principle, or ideological movement: Anglicanism | feminism | hedonism.
Not that I believe we can definitively establish meaning purely from the letters in a word, but if we do go that route there is no reason to see the word as 'literally' denoting an absence of belief a(theism) over a the alternative athe(ism) which denotes adopting a philosophical position.
There are valid reasons for preferring one definition over the other, but arguing that one is the 'literal' meaning based on letters is somewhat flawed given its arbitrariness.
Twilight Hue
Twilight, not bright nor dark, good nor bad.
I figure it's just people making a shot in the dark with a response in hopes the question was understood.
No. Belief in leprechauns is analogous to belief in gods, not to lack of belief in gods.
And keep in mind that leprechauns were once (and still are, by some people) believed in as a religious belief by believers who were just as devout toward your religion as you are to yours.
That argument would be redundant anyhow, since there’s a much more compelling reason: the “lack of belief in gods” definition reflects actual usage and your definition doesn’t.