At 05:05 PM 1/22/2007 -0500, Ed Leafe wrote: >On Jan 22, 2007, at 3:35 PM, Charlie Coleman wrote: > > > Ok. Just a second. Let me ask this simple question: Do you think > > Stalin was an atheist? > > Yes.
Oh. Ok. Now that makes more sense. From your earlier email I didn't gather that you actually agreed he was an atheist. I thought you actually trying to say he wasn't an atheist by your definition. So I see why you wrote what you did at the end. On to the next.... You think I'm redefining terms. I'm not intentionally trying to do that. But lets consider something else. Lets say some politician declares he is an atheist. And then he's constantly seen attending church, praying in public, hands out religious tracts, says "God bless you", etc. Do you think he is an atheist? At some point you have to create a set of definitions to explain the belief system. If someone puts a label on themselves but then violates the belief system of that label it would be reasonable, IMO, to say that they actually are not what they claim to be. -Charlie _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
