At 01:34 PM 1/29/2008, you wrote:
>Hi Marsha,
>
>That definition says an atheist is one who believes that there is no
>God which kind of begs the question. It suggests that there is a God
>which can be believed in or not. Other dictionaries on
>dictionary.com say an atheist is one who does not believe in God or
>gods or is one who disbeleives in God or gods.
>
>It seems better to say that you don't believe in God than to say
>that you believe that there is no God. Now you are making a claim
>that must be backed up rationally rather than putting the
>responsibility to back up the claim on ones who claim that here is a God.
>
>It's a subtle difference but maybe an important one. I don't feel
>like I'm making a claim that there is no God because I wouldn't even
>know what I meant when I said it. As Akshay has been saying, denying
>the existence of God is to have a definition of God in mind and my
>definition may be much different than someone else's.
Greetings Stephen,
There is no shortage of people who will and do define god.
What has been the topic of your last few days of posting? Have you
been talking about nothing? Aren't they all static patterns of
value anyway?
Marsha
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