A Misconception About Atheists

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So I was over at my bestest friend's house, and she was having this debate/argument with this fellow who claims agnosticism for himself, and he was trying (and failing dubiously) to make the argument that people that are Atheists must have anger issues. I'd like to officially call that a misguided bunch of codswallop. First, lets do some etymology here. A = without Gnosis = Knowledge Thus, to be agnostic is to be without knowledge (read: belief) in God. Now, A = without Theis = deity Thus, to be atheist is to be without deity. There's no anger there whatsoever. Now I don't discount that a lot of people that claim atheism are really just angry agnostics; lovers jilted by the spiritual experience just waiting, yearning, like the speaker in Thomas Hardy's "Hap' for some "merciful" God to rain fire down on their heads, just so they can know s/he/it exists. Look, there are retarded atheists just like there are retarded anythings. Don't think that all of us have some sort of misplace father/mother issues that we're projecting on a deity. I assure you we aren't. My atheism is about recognizing my inner ubermensch, and claiming all of that energy that people want to give to God to myself. I am my God, and that has made me exactly the opposite of angry. It's given me great joy. I think a certain MyLOt friend of mine would back me up on that joyful sentiment.