Why does that make the word less usefull? I think its a very useful word. If someone tells me they are an atheist I then know that they do not belive in God.
--- Original Message --- From: "meekerdb" <[email protected]> Sent: 10 July 2013 7:56 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Hitch On 7/9/2013 11:57 AM, John Clark wrote: > > > I agree with Sam Harris that "atheist" is not a very useful > appellation because > it only describes someone in contrast to "theist". > > > That makes no sense. The word "nonfiction" is useful but it only describes > something in > contrast to "fiction". I didn't say it was completely useless. But it's less useful than "nonfiction" because "fiction" exists. Brent -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
