Usually I say just 'bless you' without the God part. When someone hollers "Hey! You're an Atheist!" I say "Yes, and I have blessed you!"

(August 30, 2008 at 7:00 am)Darwinian Wrote: What is an agnostic?, Agnostic (weak) atheist, Gnostic (strong) atheist, What is an apatheist?

Not a bad post but it's worth noting that some of those definitions are disputed ... FWIW the only one I agreed with was the Apatheist

Kyu

I think the rules are good.

Who cares about the disputed definitions, we all know what they mean.

(September 5, 2009 at 11:28 am)theVOID Wrote: Who cares about the disputed definitions, we all know what they mean.

Apparently not.

Kyu

The last time someone said they would pray for me (former workmate) i replied "Oh, thank you, that's sooo sweet, i'll ask my imaginary friend to help you out too..."

I think it was Daniel Dennet who, when he was ill and a friend said they prayed for him asked if they also sacrificed a goat.

(September 5, 2009 at 1:07 pm)Darwinian Wrote: I think it was Daniel Dennet who, when he was ill and a friend said they prayed for him asked if they also sacrificed a goat.

Yes hahah it was, after he came out of hospital.

I love Dennet (- the beard) for his purely physicallist position

(September 5, 2009 at 1:05 pm)theVOID Wrote: The last time someone said they would pray for me (former workmate) i replied "Oh, thank you, that's sooo sweet, i'll ask my imaginary friend to help you out too..."

Yeah I just thank them as well. Then we all get on with our lives after that

There is only a dispute if you haven't read the original essays from whence they came. Each dictionary I come across either sways between a "modernised" definition and the original. I prefer the original definition, because it gives a person more intellectual honesty, and the modernised definition helps nobody out at all.