n. An atheist who respects or accommodates other people's religious beliefs, or who attends religious services.
2012
I had never heard the word "faitheist" before, but I was pretty sure it wasn’t a compliment.
I blushed and ran my hands through my short hair — a nervous habit — and cleared my throat, asking if it was intended to be an insult.
"Yes," he said without inflection. "There’s nothing worse than a 'faitheist.'"
I blushed and ran my hands through my short hair — a nervous habit — and cleared my throat, asking if it was intended to be an insult.
"Yes," he said without inflection. "There’s nothing worse than a 'faitheist.'"
2011
Some days I just wish more people like Nietzsche were around. At least then the Church would have a worthy adversary, rather than the "faitheists" that now abound.
2006 (earliest)
It is Friday night and Duclayan and husband Daniel Radosh are lighting Shabbos candles and saying a prayer over challah and wine (substituting grape juice for wine, so their children can also partake) like many Jewish couples all over Brooklyn.
But there is one main difference: Duclayan and Radosh don't believe in God. Call them "the new fatheists," a growing number of Brooklynites who are turned off to organized religion — there's just too much "God begat this" and "God smote that" for them — yet still need spirituality in their lives.
But there is one main difference: Duclayan and Radosh don't believe in God. Call them "the new fatheists," a growing number of Brooklynites who are turned off to organized religion — there's just too much "God begat this" and "God smote that" for them — yet still need spirituality in their lives.
Oddly, the earliest citation — which has a date of April 8, 2006 — is mentioned (in fact, copied) in in a blog post called Defenders of Faitheism that's dated January 1, 2003. Since the next few entries in that blog carry the same date, I'm going to assume it's an error.