Athiests, do you ever say "Goodbye"?

So, somehow word etymology, not common greetings and salutations learned through cultural customs, determines the falsity of the atheists lack of belief. I see where you're going and why you believe in mythical creatures.

Maybe because theist is pronounced differently to atheist. The atheist makes the ei sound like "e" instead of "a" but I'm not totally confident that that is the reason. Perhaps it is true, as creatrix suggests, that atheists are for some reason better spellers. If it were it would certainly result in atheist being spelt incorrectly more often as atheists use the word theist most often while everyone uses the word atheist.

Well I'm not Atheist but I never say Goodbye, I say "Smell ya later" or "Peace out homes" I'm not religious at all, I don't believe that Jesus is the son of God, but I believe that there's something more to life than just this, and maybe there's a God or something like that.

Yes. And I say 'Oh my god', too. And yes I knew what it meant of course. But there is no way I'm going to find a substitute word for 'goodbye' just because the word may be 'politically incorrect' because I'm what you might call an atheist. Anyone can say any word they like.

Good grief! -_-

I always thought "bye" is a variation of the word "by" which mean way in olden English. Good Bye means good way or "hope you will be safe".

I guess I was wrong.

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Anyway, if it is going to be "God be with ye" then it should be godbye not goodbye.

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By the way, I say "Ciao" or "Sayonara" or "annyeonghi gaseyo" or "Zai Jian" or "Gao Chi", depending on the language I was speaking during the time.

I could care less.

I still say "Oh my God" all the time. I still say "Jesus Christ!" I still say "Thank God!"

Do Christians still celebrate Christmas knowing that it was just made-up to coincide with the Roman holiday of Saturnalia to make the conversion process easier? If so, why celebrate it?

. . . Because it's societal. Same with the phrases.

Just because someone is an Atheist doesn't mean they don't use common English.

The origin of words matters little if it is such a common and necessary phrase.

Because obviously I knew that but I choose to say goodbye anyway because I secretly believe in god.

</sarcasm>

I'm a believer, and even I say that argument is weak.

So what? The word carries different connotations and meaning today.

I don't really talk, I just alternate between thumbs up, thumbs down, shrug, and peace. I find that this is all I need to get through most conversations.