Is it just me or is the term "atheist" odd?
I was just thinking about this. You're being labeled an atheist for not believing there is a God, but people don't get labeled "a-unicornists" or "a-alienists" for not believing these objects exist out there in the world.
So for the most part, I revoke this label and the label agnostic, because I don't believe in a lot of things but admit I could be wrong, which is simply admitting I don't have absolute truth and could be wrong. There could possibly be insects on another planet far away that we don't know exists. I admit this, but I certainly wont believe there is such a planet until I see evidence and I'm certainly not going to call myself an "alien-insect-gnostic".
So I'm curious as to how these labels came about. Does anyone have an answer?
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