Our topics ranged from sexuality (in which they covertly insulted one of my close lesbian friends) to spirituality (in which they openly insulted myself and my sensibilities). At one point, as we were discussing what religion means to the individual, Kevin said,
"Take apart atheist, and you get a-theist. A theist. That implies that there's just a journey to find God. That's what atheists are, and that's what I am." Elizabeth agreed. Needless to say, when I tried to explain that a- was a negative beginning, meaning no god, they rebutted with the same fucking argument they started with. Which makes no sense.
In essence, both of them called themselves atheists but were really theists. I was mad for about ten minutes, and then I just realized that the stupidity behind their logic was so irreversible (as they had done a great deal of thinking on the subject) that there was really no point in fighting it.
But at least they aren't fundamentalists.
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False etymology has a rich and distinguished history, Abigail! The Cathars were said to worship demonic cats and kiss their anuses because Cathar OBVIOUSLY came from the vulgar Latin "cattus." The Dominicans were called thus because it was obviously from Domini canes (Hounds of the Lord). Who cares that Cathar actually came from the Greek Katharoi, meaning "pure ones?" And who cares that the Dominicans were named after their founder, St. Dominic?
The point of all this is that false etymology is really a lot of fun, but is really only used as a means to offend.
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