# Atheist, dammit! Atheist! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 11, 2005, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atheist-dammit-atheist/294049 "2005-03-11T17:33:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2005, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atheist-dammit-atheist/294049/21 "2005-03-11T21:08:10Z")
> [@](#): > > I before E, except after C, or when soundling like A as in Atheist. I am so going to quote this. Thanks Flander. And thanks Excalibre for an entertaining rant. Oh, didn’t Jesus drive the moneylenders from the temple in a Fury? ---
**Author:** ![Excalibre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@Excalibre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Excalibre)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2005, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atheist-dammit-atheist/294049/22 "2005-03-11T21:23:54Z")
> [@Diogenes the Cynic](#): > > I was just playing on another common typo. Sorry. I’m just too stupid to have noticed that one. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2005, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atheist-dammit-atheist/294049/23 "2005-03-11T22:40:33Z")
The gist of your OP, “It’s a-t-h-e-i-s-t, for God’s sake!” struck me as funny. That’s all. ---
**Author:** ![Ghanima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Ghanima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ghanima)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2005, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atheist-dammit-atheist/294049/24 "2005-03-11T23:05:41Z")
> [@Excalibre](#): > > Atheist: from a- and theist (from the Greek “theos”, God.) The E comes before the I for God’s sake! I’m so damn sick of people - in the endless threads about Christianity and atheism and invisible pink unicorns - arguing about “athiests”! It is not a superlative form. There is no “athy, athier, athiest”. No, gobear is not the athiest poster here; he’s not athier than Polycarp. It’s got the same “-ist” ending as Buddhist, Daoist, Animist, and Unitarian Universalist. It’s not that fucking hard to spell! You were right, we were wrong. You are smart, we are dumb. You’re the greatest, we’re the worst. You’re very handsome, we are not attractive. There, feel better? (With a nod to Happy Gilmore, of course.) ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2005, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atheist-dammit-atheist/294049/25 "2005-03-11T23:19:27Z")
So **Excalibre** , you’re saying there are no athiests on this board? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Flander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8c91f0/32.png) [@Flander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flander)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2005, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atheist-dammit-atheist/294049/26 "2005-03-11T23:25:40Z")
> [@Yllaria](#): > > I am so going to quote this. Thanks Flander. You’re welcome. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2005, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atheist-dammit-atheist/294049/27 "2005-03-11T23:27:26Z")
Well, I don’t know if I’m the athiest, but I’m definately athier than thou. ---
**Author:** ![manhattan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manhattan/32/7_2.png) [@manhattan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manhattan)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2005, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atheist-dammit-atheist/294049/28 "2005-03-11T23:35:37Z")
> [@Yllaria](#): > > Oh, didn’t Jesus drive the moneylenders from the temple in a Fury? No, that was his dad’s ride, used to drive Adam and Eve from the Garden. The Corinthians, surprisingly, did not drive Chrysler Cordobas but Jeeps. Paul warned them “(b)ut take heed lest by any means this Liberty of yours become a stumblingblock to them that are weak.” ---
**Author:** ![pasunejen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/58956e/32.png) [@pasunejen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pasunejen)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2005, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atheist-dammit-atheist/294049/29 "2005-03-11T23:39:12Z")
> [@blowero](#): > > It’s damnit, not dammit. Well, if you want to be that pedantic, it’s “damn it”. To me, the whole reason to combine the two into one orthographic word is the way they run together when said, and that happens largely because the m sound becomes longer, so “dammit” actually looks more correct to me. Maybe that just means I’m being a pain in the ass about it, but…eh. ---
**Author:** ![Loopydude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e56c9b/32.png) [@Loopydude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopydude)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2005, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atheist-dammit-atheist/294049/30 "2005-03-11T23:44:46Z")
You’re thuch a pain in the ath. ---
**Author:** ![Excalibre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@Excalibre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Excalibre)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2005, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atheist-dammit-atheist/294049/31 "2005-03-12T08:03:55Z")
> [@Casey1505](#): > > The gist of your OP, “It’s a-t-h-e-i-s-t, for God’s sake!” struck me as funny. > > That’s all. Yes, it was deliberate. 🙂 > [@Ghanima](#): > > You were right, we were wrong. > You are smart, we are dumb. > You’re the greatest, we’re the worst. > You’re very handsome, we are not attractive. > > There, feel better? Much. And yes, I’m very handsome. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atheist-dammit-atheist/294049.md?page=1)