Word meaning and evidences.

entonces27 said, on March 6th, 2009 at 10:40 AM

I have not yet encountered a “Dictionary of Atheism” available either in any libraries in the Philippines or throughout the internet. Besides conventions will tell that “theos” is an accepted Greek equivalent for “god.”

G2316 theos the-o’s god, god, godly, god-ward, misc .

I guess you have a fragile thoughts regarding the usage of “god” by the Bible writers and by the King James Translators. Vide:

http://www.blueletterbible.org/search/lexiconc.cfm?Criteria=god&st=any

And are you really “atheos”? Atheos is without GOD.

http://dict.die.net/god provides this:

God \God\ (g[o^]d), n. [AS. god; akin to OS. & D. god, OHG. got, G. gott, Icel. gu[eth], go[eth], Sw. & Dan. gud, Goth. gup, prob. orig. a p. p. from a root appearing in Skr. h[=u], p. p. h[=u]ta, to call upon, invoke, implore. [root]30. Cf. Goodbye, Gospel, Gossip.]

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/GOD?qsrc=2888

Danish: Gud , Dutch: God, Icelandic: guð, Norwegian: gud , Swedish: gud

I guess if you’re not able to accept those etymologic meanings, then dig up more. If you are questioning the GODHOOD of the Creator the FATHER, then it’s up to you. Most atheists agree that there are strong and weak atheists and that they REQUIRE christians the OBJECTIVE EVIDENCE, meaning they want to see the SHAPE of the Creator. Sorry, HE IS IN SECRET.

Enton Ces

Hi entonces27,
Let see...nah you don't need to consult any "atheistic dictionary" when trying to established the meaning of the word "atheism". It's just a matter of prefix and suffix.

As I have already demostrated...a+theo+ism = atheism...easy isn't it.

Now am I'm atheos? Without God. Hmmmmmm well since I am a free moral agent, yes I am without any gods. But I prefer to be called an atheist (without god belief).

Etymologically speaking the word "god" is an old English word derived from Old Saxon which means "something that is given your unfettered devotion". Gosh @ entonces27, you don't need to copy-post Internet articles for that.

Speaking of strong and weak atheism...a strong atheist is an atheist who accept that the proposition "God doesn't exist" is true while a weak atheist is a person that don't have any god belief. That distinction is not about objective evidences but on how atheists respond on the god question.

Atheists don't rely only with empirical evidence when they talk about god. Some like me prefer a logical evidence since empiricism is valid only on existing physical entities. God concept is more fitting with metaphysical hogwash so...to disprove its existence we only need to rely on logical explanations.

Now is god a secret...or a gossip? It's up to you to explain this.

Causa est supremus fides,
John the Atheist