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Getbig Misc Discussion Boards => Religious Debates & Threads => Topic started by: Butterbean on November 07, 2006, 06:07:48 AM
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from freedictionary.com
Noun 1. atheist - someone who denies the existence of god
disbeliever, nonbeliever, unbeliever - someone who refuses to believe (as in a divinity)
Adj. 1. atheist - related to or characterized by or given to atheism; "atheist leanings"
Here is Webster's definition of atheism:
atheism n 1 a: disbelief in the existence of God or any other deity b: the doctrine that there is neither god nor any other deity--
Bigger Business, is the problem you have w/the term atheist that it gives so much credence to the existence of a God?
I guess I've often wondered about why someone who claims to not believe in something would label themselves w/a term that includes the very thing they say they do not believe in.
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Bigger Business, is the problem you have w/the term atheist that it gives so much credence to the existence of a God?
this bothers me, why is it we dont have a term for someone who doesnt believe in santa clause or the easter bunny or aliens?
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Bigger Business, is the problem you have w/the term atheist that it gives so much credence to the existence of a God?
I guess I've often wondered about why someone who claims to not believe in something would label themselves w/a term that includes the very thing they say they do not believe in.
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exactly
that and the fact that the term is coined from a novel that means nothing to me. it would be as if i was a trekky and started calling you whatever an 'untrekky' is.
would mean nothing to you and would make me look like a dork ;D
thankyou for the post
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good post, but you need to define what is in the definition.
define god.
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good post, but you need to define what is in the definition.
define god.
he's a big powerful that will send you to hell if you don't follow rules that people make up and call themselves Priests who molest altar boys.