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Is athiesm right for me?
Have you ever wanted to know what athiesm was all about but have been too shy to ask? Have no fear. The answer is here.
Athiesm is a common spelling mistake
Dyslexia rules KO!
The word is ATHEISM. From a (without) and theos (god).
Atheism is the theory or belief that gods do not exist. You've come to the right place, I can tell you all about athiesm, because I'm an atheist, the athiest atheist you are ever likely to meet.
The famous "athiest and the bear" joke
The following joke appears dozens of times across the internet, often with several misspellings:
There is an athiest who is walking out in the woods thinking evolution caused all of the beauty of the forest. Well along comes this 7 foot tall grizzley bear. Th e athiest turned around and saw the grizzly and screamed a bloodcurdling scream anruns up the hill. Then the grizzly starts chasing and closing in on him. Well just as the bear got ready to kill him he screamed save me God! Time stopped and a bright light shown in the sky and god said why should I save you after all these years of you teaching others I'm not real? The athiest replied, Lord it would be a hypocrocy to ask to be a christian now but could you at least make the bear christian? The Lord said O.K. Time started again and the bear took its paw away and put both together and said"Lord thank you for this food I am about to recieve Amen.
The mentality of the people who think this is some kind of a parable is breathtaking. A totally fictious atheist (athiest?) sees time stop and then automatically thinks “Ahh, this is the work of God, the Christian God...” It's utterly absurd! I've news for you Christians: atheists don't believe in any gods, and most atheists don't care to distinguish between them, they certainly wouldn't automatically assume that if anything a bit weird happened that Christianity was the only possible explanation. If I faced up before something exhibiting god-like properties I certainly wouldn't automatically assume the Christians had been right all along, I'd have a lot of questions.