>
> no one can wonder why people are mislead by well meaning but
>unstudied commentor's of the Bible.
>
> such is the case with the word ' Atheism ' and how an Atheist got
>to be one.
>

> Atheism comes from the Greek word " Atheos " and it's found in just
>one place in all of Scripture, and that is in Eph. 2:12 and is
>rendered " without God. "

> On Mon, 18 Aug 2008 07:09:03 -0400, old man joe home.com> wrote:
>

>> Atheism comes from the Greek word " Atheos " and it's found in just
>> one place in all of Scripture, and that is in Eph. 2:12 and is
>> rendered " without God. "

>
> WRONG. It's "without a god or gods". Note the lack of capitalization,
> since it's not at all specific to your omni-monster.
>
> Atheism is not derived directly from that, but from "theism" (belief
> in a god or gods) with the "a-" prefix meaning not. Atheism is without
> A BELIEF IN a god or gods. Note the lack of a reference to your
> super-monster.
>

> real1 wrote:

>> On Mon, 18 Aug 2008 07:09:03 -0400, old man joe home.com> wrote:
>>

>>> Atheism comes from the Greek word " Atheos " and it's found in just
>>> one place in all of Scripture...

> The rest of Old Man Joe's rant is garbage, of course.