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Originally Posted by Alawen
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Which point in time are you attempting to lock the word to? Original? 18th century? Recent? Modern? The original Greek simply means "without gods."
My views are probably closest to epistemological atheism, which is certainly similar to agnosticism.
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a- as a prefix means "without or against."
Atheist = "without or against the existence of god"
Now if you put that definition in perspective with the root theist, which descibes one who believes in god, the a- solidifies on the "against" or opposite (a-moral), rather than the "without" version of the definition (a-sexual).