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On the topic of Atheist gathering places
I'm getting rather tired of hearing them being referred to as Atheist "churches" etc. It seems most of the names we use to describe an Atheist gathering place have religious overtones to them...
So I want to suggest a better name.
Agora.
Nobody uses the word any more, at least, not that I've heard.
It means ; crowd gathering. Which is exactly what we'd be doing there.
We can take the name for ourselves, seeing as nobody uses it any more.
The local Agora.
Kind of jives doesn't it?
It doesn't imply anything religious, nor does it carry any pretences.
Plus... we can call the religious who are nervous about us Agoraphobics.
So I want to suggest a better name.
Agora.
Nobody uses the word any more, at least, not that I've heard.
It means ; crowd gathering. Which is exactly what we'd be doing there.
We can take the name for ourselves, seeing as nobody uses it any more.
The local Agora.
Kind of jives doesn't it?
It doesn't imply anything religious, nor does it carry any pretences.
Plus... we can call the religious who are nervous about us Agoraphobics.
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Permalink Reply by Mike Hein on -
We seem to have two parallel discussions going.
http://atheistnexus.org/forum/topics/atheist-church-why-not
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Permalink Reply by Johnsky on -
Yes, I created this thread to discuss this alternative name, without de-railing the other discussion about religious overtones in names.
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Permalink Reply by SabbySu on -
Mm I like the sound of calling people Agoraphobics. I'm not against atheist gatherings as long as there is no religious undertones. There better not be any priests in the Agora. :P
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Permalink Reply by Johnsky on
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Doesn't it though?
I know someone elsewhere on the forums had an issue with the fact that to him, it sounds like it means just a gathering... but that's kind of the point.
But, luckily, as I mentioned, no-one really uses the word any more. So we can re-make it into whatever we want.
No, don't worry sabby, no priests... just coffee, siting down, and a round discussion about what's on our minds.
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Permalink Reply by SabbySu on
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Can we sit around and talk about the first thing that pops up? *yes dirty joke meaning implied* Couldn't help myself! I'm such a bad heathen! haha
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Permalink Reply by Johnsky on
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I can turn the AC on full blast for you, so can have two points to bring up.
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Permalink Reply by Derek Schrock on -
For any Greek atheists, the word agora might be an issue. It means purchase (n.).
I like where you are going though. Perhaps we should make this more our own by creating an entirely knew word based off of root words of ancient languages, keeping in mind we still want it to roll off the tongue.
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Permalink Reply by Johnsky on
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In what language does it mean purchase?
My knowledge of the word is that it means "A crowd of people".
Which is where the term "Agoraphobia" came from, meaning the Fear of Crowds.
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Permalink Reply by Derek Schrock on
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In Greek.
The two main uses of the word that I can recall are for a market, and a purchase... it all depends on context.
For our purposes if you said "I'm going to the agora" to a greek they would probably first think market. I think agora originally meant crowd of people but that's ancient. The word has evolved as the agoras where associated with trade/ marketplaces. You've got the origin down pat but it's use is a lil different.
My greek isn't perfect but that's just my experience. Hope it helps!
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Permalink Reply by Derek Schrock on
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A crowd in greek is called a plithos.
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