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Ricky
SFN Die Hard

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Posted - 01/04/2010 :  01:15:23   [Permalink]  Show Profile  Send Ricky an AOL message Send Ricky a Private Message  Reply with Quote
My school only provides online access to the Concise Oxford English Dictionary, I will have to actually make a trip to the library to check out the full one. Anyway, the concise version has exactly one entry

1. atheism n.
disbelief in the existence of a god or gods.

Why continue? Because we must. Because we have the call. Because it is nobler to fight for rationality without winning than to give up in the face of continued defeats. Because whatever true progress humanity makes is through the rationality of the occasional individual and because any one individual we may win for the cause may do more for humanity than a hundred thousand who hug their superstitions to their breast.
- Isaac Asimov
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HalfMooner
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Philippines
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Posted - 01/04/2010 :  04:11:19   [Permalink]  Show Profile Send HalfMooner a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Originally posted by Ricky

My school only provides online access to the Concise Oxford English Dictionary, I will have to actually make a trip to the library to check out the full one. Anyway, the concise version has exactly one entry

1. atheism n.
disbelief in the existence of a god or gods.

To my mind, "disbelief" seems to sort of broadly split the difference between not accepting due to lack of (sufficient) evidence, and a firm conclusion that there can be no gods. I like it, as it covers the spectrum of atheism.

Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
Here's a link to Moonscape News, and one to its Archive.
Edited by - HalfMooner on 01/04/2010 14:36:46
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bngbuck
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USA
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Posted - 01/04/2010 :  14:49:58   [Permalink]  Show Profile Send bngbuck a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Ricky.....

1. atheism n.
disbelief in the existence of a god or gods.


An excellent definition, Ricky! It not only bypasses a lot of the philosophical sophistry involved in "definition of an atheist - strong, weak, wimpy, Herculean, etc.", but also neatly sews in the definition of agnostic who disbelieves until he has a reason to believe. Elegant wording!
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Cuneiformist
The Imperfectionist

USA
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Posted - 01/05/2010 :  09:32:32   [Permalink]  Show Profile Send Cuneiformist a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Originally posted by Kil

Maybe someone should invite Veritas 48 here to see the above comments?

Never mind. I just did it...
I'm disappointed that Veritas 48 hasn't come here to justify his position. Alas. Perhaps he only works through YouTube.
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Dr. Mabuse
Septic Fiend

Sweden
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Posted - 01/05/2010 :  10:14:43   [Permalink]  Show Profile  Send Dr. Mabuse an ICQ Message Send Dr. Mabuse a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Originally posted by Cuneiformist

Originally posted by Kil

Maybe someone should invite Veritas 48 here to see the above comments?

Never mind. I just did it...
I'm disappointed that Veritas 48 hasn't come here to justify his position. Alas. Perhaps he only works through YouTube.
You're too impatient. He might not have read the invitation yet.

Dr. Mabuse - "When the going gets tough, the tough get Duct-tape..."
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"Equivocation is not just a job, for a creationist it's a way of life..." Dr. Mabuse

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