Very succinctly put Steve. Ian
On 1/29/08, Steven Peterson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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. > > Regards, > Steve > > Moq_Discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ > Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
