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Picklebobble2 · 56-60, M
Oh I don't know.
Judging by some of the &%@#£ that gets posted online and in newspapers these days I'm pretty sure the 'radical' atheists would happily go to war with the 'moderate' atheist if they disagreed
Judging by some of the &%@#£ that gets posted online and in newspapers these days I'm pretty sure the 'radical' atheists would happily go to war with the 'moderate' atheist if they disagreed
newjaninev2 · 56-60, F
@Picklebobble2 An atheist has no gods. How can someone 'moderately' have no gods while another 'radically' has no gods?
There are no shades of atheism.
Either you have gods or you do not have gods.
There are no shades of atheism.
Either you have gods or you do not have gods.
Picklebobble2 · 56-60, M
@newjaninev2 it's not about 'Gods' or the 'beliefs' it's about the very definition of the word and what that may mean to different people
newjaninev2 · 56-60, F
@Picklebobble2 From the Greek atheos (ἄθεος), = no gods
I don't see how that could mean different things to different people... it seems clear and straightforward
Just as one cannot be 'a little bit pregnant' one is either without gods or one is not.
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In fact, 'atheism' is a term that should not even exist. No one ever needs to identify himself as a 'non-astrologer' or a 'non-alchemist'. We do not have words for people who doubt that Elvis is still alive or that aliens have traversed the galaxy only to molest ranchers and their cattle. Atheism is nothing more than the noises reasonable people make in the presence of unjustified religious beliefs.
Sam Harris
I don't see how that could mean different things to different people... it seems clear and straightforward
Just as one cannot be 'a little bit pregnant' one is either without gods or one is not.
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In fact, 'atheism' is a term that should not even exist. No one ever needs to identify himself as a 'non-astrologer' or a 'non-alchemist'. We do not have words for people who doubt that Elvis is still alive or that aliens have traversed the galaxy only to molest ranchers and their cattle. Atheism is nothing more than the noises reasonable people make in the presence of unjustified religious beliefs.
Sam Harris