Rob Studdert wrote:
On 18 Oct 2005 at 18:30, P. J. Alling wrote:
We were talking about belief, not just belief in God but also the belief
in no god. Both are beliefs neither is in the least provable, that's
what belief is.
So if no-one believed in God would all those people be atheist?
But of course. Consider the derivation and meaning of the word. It might
never come up, as there'd be limited cause to specify, though.
Atheist is simply a tag religious people apply to the non-religious, ie those
who couldn't care less or really don't think about such things.
Tags are often required in order to communicate. But I think not all
non-religious people are atheists. Some are agnostics, or at any rate
that's what they would prefer to be called. I'm going by comments people
have made to me about what they think, not by my opinion of what they think.
