Skwim
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No. That was the work of the Force.
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Atheists: If there's no God, then where did the word "God" come from?
- Thread starter paarsurrey
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Yes, "in a real sense."
Tumah
Veteran Member
Tumah
Veteran Member
Then I think you're supposed to change your religion to [*cussword*]ian.
Sorry, I don't cuss. I know that diminished the funnyness potential of the post.
SkepticThinker
Veteran Member
From humans.
Of course. But then God invented the word "Atheist". He did it by mashing his hand against the keyboard on his laptop computer.
It seems we all complete each other.
paarsurrey
Veteran Member
Now that the Atheists are done with their ridicule; please give your argument in plain words.
Please provide your "evidence" you always speak of and demand from others.
Regards
Please provide your "evidence" you always speak of and demand from others.
Regards
dust1n
Zindīq
There was no ridicule intended in my response. The word "God" didn't exist for most of human existed, and other words that mean the same thing did not exist until there were humans around. So, it's pretty reasonable to think humans came up with it. God has a Godette. A Godette is a god child. And just like that, we're talking about Godettes now. If their weren't Godettes, how could we be talking about them?
Curious George
Veteran Member
And people wonder how your frubal ratio is so high
paarsurrey
Veteran Member
It is not correct:
"Godette Name Meaning
Respelling of southern French Gaudet, from a nickname from the root gaud- ‘happy’, ‘lively’ (Latin gaudere ‘to rejoice’)."
http://www.ancestry.ca/name-origin?...=r&o_iid=41015&o_lid=41015&o_sch=Web+Property
Try another time.
Regards
Sure.
There are a huge number of words made up by humans to explain all sorts of things which do not, in fact, exist. A small sample;
- Centaurs
- Dragons
- Goblins
- Fairies
- lewisnotmillers (thank God for that)
- Jedi
- Vampires (sorry Twilight fans)
- Underpants Gnomes
Humans could neither create an atom nor a word both are work of God , in real sense.
Regards
P.S.
atom (n.)
late 15c., as a hypothetical indivisible body, the building block of the universe, from Latin atomus (especially in Lucretius) "indivisible particle," from Greekatomos "uncut, unhewn; indivisible," from a- "not" + tomos "a cutting," from temnein "to cut" (see tome). An ancient term of philosophical speculation (in Leucippus, Democritus), revived 1805 by British chemist John Dalton. In late classical and medieval use also a unit of time, 22,560 to the hour. Atom bomb is from 1945 as both a noun and a verb; compare atomic.
http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=atom
Science has borrowed it lately from language as it has no language of its own.
This is an interesting post in that it tells a lot more by what it does not see a need to tell than by what it does, Paarsurrey.
The word "God", of course, is at the end of the day just a name.
While it has become fashionable and then politically correct to apply that name for a wide variety of supernatural and sometimes even mundane ideas, concepts and entities, the word is not only meaningless on its own (as any other word is until given a meaning by someone), but it turns out that sincere hopes aside "God" is one of the most vague concepts in existence, to the point that its use has survived to the current day largely because it lacks a clear meaning yet it has become customary to pretend that it does in fact have such a meaning.
As a matter of fact, one of the main reasons why the word "God" is used is so that it creates confusion. Far beyond failing to clarify a meaning, the word's main role is in fact to keep people busy so that they fail to react to a lack of meaning. It is an empty concept, but strong psychological anxieties and social pressures lead people to treat it as if it had some sort of meaning regardless.
Those anxieties are real and serious enough, but they do deserve better than being distracted by god-ideas. We all deserve better than that.
Kilgore Trout
Misanthropic Humanist
I wonder why the percentage of atheists continues to grow with such intelligent and compelling arguments for God's existence, like this one.
I blame too much sugar in our diets. I'm pretty sure my brain is too hyper to follow the coherent thread of reason.
Kilgore Trout
Misanthropic Humanist
Hmm, I was thinking gluten allergy was the culprit. Trendy non-illnesses are usually to blame for most things. Either way we are obviusly not equipped to deal with sophisticated arguments like the one in the op.
It's becoming hard to avoid all the trendy non-illnesses, though. I actually had someone express relief the other day because their little devil-child of a kid had been diagnosed with ODD.
https://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/health/conditionsandtreatments/oppositional-defiant-disorder-odd
It's great. On that government website, it even includes this gem of a statement...
Apparently now we can given a three letter acronym for crap parenting, and the crap parents then feel better, since their child has been 'diagnosed' and it's therefore not their fault.
I can't quite let the gluten thing go yet, though...
There. Nothing like a duck meme to cut through to the heart of the issue.
leibowde84
Veteran Member
Humans created or "coined" both the terms "God" and "atom". This can easily be seen as the case by looking at the plethora of new words created by humans every day. One thing we do know for certain is that human beings, not God, created language ... as it developed over time rather than magically coming into existence all at once.Humans could neither create an atom nor a word both are work of God , in real sense.
Regards
P.S.
atom (n.)
late 15c., as a hypothetical indivisible body, the building block of the universe, from Latin atomus (especially in Lucretius) "indivisible particle," from Greekatomos "uncut, unhewn; indivisible," from a- "not" + tomos "a cutting," from temnein "to cut" (see tome). An ancient term of philosophical speculation (in Leucippus, Democritus), revived 1805 by British chemist John Dalton. In late classical and medieval use also a unit of time, 22,560 to the hour. Atom bomb is from 1945 as both a noun and a verb; compare atomic.
http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=atom
Science has borrowed it lately from language as it has no language of its own.
Demonslayer
Well-Known Member
LOL, when you come out with something as ridiculous as "if there's no God, where did the word God come from" you should pretty much expect to get some ridicule.
I mean it's perhaps the worst argument for God I've ever heard.
leibowde84
Veteran Member
The following article provides a great explanation as to how linguistics developed, and also disproves your claim that God did it.Humans could neither create an atom nor a word both are work of God , in real sense.
Regards
P.S.
atom (n.)
late 15c., as a hypothetical indivisible body, the building block of the universe, from Latin atomus (especially in Lucretius) "indivisible particle," from Greekatomos "uncut, unhewn; indivisible," from a- "not" + tomos "a cutting," from temnein "to cut" (see tome). An ancient term of philosophical speculation (in Leucippus, Democritus), revived 1805 by British chemist John Dalton. In late classical and medieval use also a unit of time, 22,560 to the hour. Atom bomb is from 1945 as both a noun and a verb; compare atomic.
http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=atom
Science has borrowed it lately from language as it has no language of its own.
http://www.historyworld.net/wrldhis/PlainTextHistories.asp?historyid=ab13