whats with the term 'non'??

Question

i am me, i 'have no religion'-when i am healthy, am i 'non-sick'?

(stop trying to grab crafty points lol)

what i mean is, for example, if i was called a 'non-believer', that to me implies that someone is seeing me as being less than the norm, saying that 'believer' is the main function.
if i am 'atheist', should i call believers 'non-atheists'?...or 'non non-belivevers'?

its also as in 'non-smoker', which makes it sound as though 'smoker' is the norm.

Answer 1

non-sense

Answer 2

Non means no. As in NONsense.

I suppose you could be a non religious person. That means that although you believe in religion, you are not overly into it. Therefore we could not use the term atheists.

As for non healthy this would be unhealthy which would mean not healthy. Could something be non healthy? Same meaning different way of saying it.

I think that non is used too much and only should be used if part of a word. Therefore I agree with you in this sense. Get rid of the nonsense. No pun intended.

Answer 3

French equivalent to English "no"
Italian equivalent to English "not"
Latin equivalent to both "not" and "no"

To your question about what to call someone who isn't an atheist.....that would make them either Christian, Jewish, Muslim or whatever their religious choice is.

There you go.... sorry if this is a boring answer to your question.

Answer 4

whatever helps you sleep at night. believing is the norm, however. very few people are actually atheists at heart.

Answer 5

Non-nong nano?

Answer 6

I believe its just the plural of no .

Answer 7

labels you have enough of em to start your own labeling business..........

Answer 8

yes

definitely

Answer 9

non - comprendo

Answer 10

....."non" for me, "thank you"