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Lord Ludd

(585 posts)
Sun Apr 4, 2021, 03:47 PM Apr 2021

Additional name for atheists? [View all]

Haven't posted here often, but hey, since this group exists (unlike that other entity), why not get some feedback on the non-believer name I go by: cosmost.

Cosmost combines 'cosmos' with 'most', in the dual sense that the cosmos is all that exists & also is 'the most', a complimentary term common among '50s teens, hipsters, Beats, & jazz devotees. Admittedly, the latter definition is meant as a joke (which is what I consider theism to be), but I think the main idea is apparent.

Cosmostism can be equated with Naturalism & its offshoots, but I'm not aware of any atheistic label that refers specifically to the universe. If there are any, please post.

Anyway, just a thought for The Day HE Came Back. (Sam Raimi, are you listening?)

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Additional name for atheists? [View all] Lord Ludd Apr 2021 OP
There should be fewer names, not more! Shermann Apr 2021 #1
"There isn't a name for a non-astronomer." 3catwoman3 Apr 2021 #2
That's just an example of inductive reasoning being applied to the nature of flat earthers Shermann Apr 2021 #4
I wholeheartedly agree that 'atheist' is an odd word Lord Ludd Apr 2021 #7
Bingo Random Boomer Apr 2021 #13
I think of myself as a content questioner. 3catwoman3 Apr 2021 #3
Cosmost, or Cosmist but I still use, secular humanist, and I remember when I got in trouble with ShazamIam Apr 2021 #5
This is a good name, but ... Trueblue Texan Apr 2021 #6
Now you made me think of Little Caesars... Lord Ludd Apr 2021 #8
If that is the case, why is it you haven't made yourself known to the official group? A HERETIC I AM Apr 2021 #15
I just did! Trueblue Texan Apr 2021 #19
Free-thinker? nt Laffy Kat Apr 2021 #9
Did you ask god if he approves of that name? nt Binkie The Clown Apr 2021 #10
Actually, I did Lord Ludd Apr 2021 #11
LOL!!! Trueblue Texan Apr 2021 #12
Are you sure your toaster was plugged in? Binkie The Clown Apr 2021 #14
Yanno, a few years ago there was the attempt to make popular the name "Brights" A HERETIC I AM Apr 2021 #16
I typically use "atheist" despite how I don't... Buckeye_Democrat Apr 2021 #17
Well, here's the thing. Cosmos, being part of centuries of Greek attempts to explain creation, has a Karadeniz Apr 2021 #18
In spanish, "Cosmovision" means "Worldview" old as dirt Dec 2021 #20
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