Posted: May 15, 2018 5:02 pm
Thomas Eshuis wrote:Cito di Pense wrote:
Thomas, the term atheism carries the suffix -ism, which identifies a system of thought. Use of this suffix carries over into your first-language group as well.
The word isn't athe-ism though, it's a-theism. The -ism is part of theism, which an atheist is without. Hence the a-.
The atheist to which you refer is not without theism. He is, in fact, immersed in it as a feature of his culture, and that is most of the problem you face in pursuing the semantics you are attempting, because that semantics implicitly denotes what you are immersed in, by your own admission. As long as there are theists about, you will never be without theism; you're defining your belief relative to that of theists. They're still calling the shots for you. It's mainly theists who aren't going to let you get away with what you're attempting. I could not give a fuck less as to what you think you are without.