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A problem with the word "atheist"

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A problem with the word "atheist"
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A problem with the word "atheist"
January 23, 2018 at 8:40 pm
I was just thinking that there may be idiots out there who think that "atheist" means someone who is against god and therefore with the devil. 

Am I just being paranoid? Big Grin
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RE: A problem with the word "atheist"
January 23, 2018 at 8:45 pm
No, there are a lot of people who couldn't properly define the word.

But I hate the idea of abandoning a word because of uninformed or willfully ignorant people.
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RE: A problem with the word "atheist"
January 23, 2018 at 8:53 pm
Theists sometimes have this mentality of "If you're not with us/god, you're against us/god". Of course then we have to explain that not believing that god exists doesn't always mean we hate god, or his followers. A lot of us don't hate a god we don't believe exists. We just hate what the followers of the religion do in its name.
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RE: A problem with the word "atheist"
January 23, 2018 at 8:53 pm
Maybe in a Lucien Greaves kinda way...And, I don’t think even he is “with the devil”.
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RE: A problem with the word "atheist"
January 23, 2018 at 8:53 pm
Dawkins suggested atheists call themselves "brights". Which, to me, is a stupid idea.

I suggest we use "not dumbfucks".

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RE: A problem with the word "atheist"
January 23, 2018 at 9:22 pm (This post was last modified: January 23, 2018 at 9:26 pm by Succubus.)
(January 23, 2018 at 8:40 pm)Alexmahone Wrote: I was just thinking that there may be idiots out there who think that "atheist" means someone who is against god and therefore with the devil...


Probably, but that's their problem.
It's amazing 'science' always seems to 'find' whatever it is funded for, and never the oppsite. Drich.
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RE: A problem with the word "atheist"
January 23, 2018 at 9:23 pm (This post was last modified: January 23, 2018 at 9:24 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(January 23, 2018 at 8:45 pm)SteelCurtain Wrote: No, there are a lot of people who couldn't properly define the word.

But I hate the idea of abandoning a word because of uninformed or willfully ignorant people.

Yeah, besides, haters gonna hate no matter what we call ourselves.
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RE: A problem with the word "atheist"
January 23, 2018 at 9:31 pm
I am against god....or at least his asshole followers.
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RE: A problem with the word "atheist"
January 23, 2018 at 9:32 pm
(January 23, 2018 at 8:53 pm)The Valkyrie Wrote: Dawkins suggested atheists call themselves "brights".  Which, to me, is a stupid idea.

I suggest we use "not dumbfucks".

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I've dated a few hot dumbfucks in my time. No complaints.
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RE: A problem with the word "atheist"
January 23, 2018 at 9:35 pm
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