aatheist

English

Etymology

From a- +‎ atheist.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /eɪˈeɪ.θi.ɪst/

Noun

aatheist (plural aatheists)

(informal, humorous) A person who does not believe in the existence of atheists.
- 1999 August 26, Dr Sinister, “Re: God”, in alt.philosophy.debate‎^[1] (Usenet), message-ID <8E2DF65E7kickass@news.globalserve.net>:
  A weak aatheist is someone who lacks belief in the existence of atheists. A strong aatheist is someone who believes that atheists do not exist. […]
  Now. I'm a weak aatheist. That doesn't mean I can't be a theist. I believe my toaster is god. So, I consider myself to be a theist. Most atheist^[sic] consider me to be a theist when asked off guard. That's because atheists consider "stupid beliefs" to be theisms. So I'm a theist.
- 1999 September 1, Electro, “Re: Introduction to Aatheism”, in alt.atheism‎^[2] (Usenet), message-ID <19990901121220.08068.00001526@ng-ce1.aol.com>:
  THE LEXICOLOGICAL ARGUMENT FOR THE NON-EXISTENCE OF ATHEISTS
  As presented by Electro, strong aatheist...
  Of all the self-classified people who baldly assert that they are either "weak" or "strong" atheists, the common banner they march under is the statement "We lack belief in gods."
  This claim "the lack of belief in gods" has been equated with atheism so often and so many times, that any serious aatheist must examine the claim carefully and for what it is worth.
  Let us look at what the alleged atheist claims about himself. He claims to "lack belief in gods." Now, we all know what the word "belief" means. A belief is the statement of something believed. So, what is believing?
  […]
  Atheists do not exist.
  QED
- 2010 April 4, odin, “Re: Commentary: It is all in the celebration of contradiction”, in talk.origins‎^[3] (Usenet), message-ID <546e1729-c244-4692-ac45-c13b9ce8ccc6@z7g2000yqb.googlegroups.com>:
  [The paragraph below is quoted from http://jacksonville.com/opinion/blog/godspenman/2010-04-03/it-all-celebration-contradiction — the text below is odin's response.]
  "Of course, I do not believe in atheists. I have never met an atheist in my entire life. I have met people who said they were atheists, but I never believed it. Every time an atheist gets in trouble, he blames it on God. Remember 9/11? Now, if he really does not believe in God, why does he blame things on God?"
  But Iwould^[sic] take that up a notch...
  Of course, I do not believe in aatheists. I have never met an aatheist in my entire life. I have met people who said they were aatheists, but I never believed it. Therefore, I must be an aaatheist, but I digress. Every time an aatheist gets in trouble, he blames it on an atheist. Remember 9/11? Now, if he really does not believe in atheists, why does he blame things on atheists?