=A0=A0 Correct, nu'o would be a bad idea for that= reason.=A0 It does mean that you have never yet believed, whereas atheists= might have been theists sometime in their past.=A0=A0 It also eliminate th= ose hypothetical atheists who are not innately capable of being theists (re= member, nu'o means "can, but hasn't").

=A0 I also think that stylistically, "na" is a bad thing to u= se in all lujvo, since it has bridi-wide implications.

=A0

=A0 Also, not real fond of "nalceikri" for atheist.=A0 A &qu= ot;nalceikri" would logically be a non-theist, and include agnostics.= =A0 An atheist would be a "tolceikri"

=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 --gejyspa

=A0

On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 8:56 PM, Jameson Orndorf= f <jtorndorff@= gmail.com> wrote:

I want to say something like {nu= 'orselcei} or {nu'orceikri}, but I
believe those imply that you = have never believed, not just that you
don't now.

On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 8:39 PM, Luke Bergen <lukeabergen@gmail.com> wrote:> No but the thought is that it's an absurd idea that a pencil sho= uld be
> considered able to believe anything.=A0=A0 That's the point of na&= #39;e.=A0 It's there
> to say "ok, you're on the right t= rack but you ARE wrong".
>
> On Feb 22, 2011 8:26 PM, &quo= t;Ivo Doko" <ivo.doko@gmail.c= om> wrote:
>> On 23 February 2011 00:35, ianek <janek37@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> That w= ay, a pencil is an atheist.
>>>
>>
>> Are the= re any deities a pencil believes in?
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