RE: Antitheism
February 3, 2016 at 12:40 pm
(This post was last modified: February 3, 2016 at 12:52 pm by Thumpalumpacus.)
(February 3, 2016 at 6:27 am)Excited Penguin Wrote: That you, of all people, would use that incredibly flawed, biased and unprofessional source of information to correct me is simply ridiculous.
We're not in a formal or professional setting, and I'm certainly not going to spend much time on someone like you, who cannot see anything outside of his thinking as being anything worthy of thinking.
But since you're obviously intent on being deliberately obtuse:
Quote:Belief in the existence of a god or gods, especially belief in one god as creator of the universe, intervening in it and sustaining a personal relation to his creatures. Compare with deism.http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/def...ish/theism
I call your attention to the second denotation:
Quote:1 The belief in and worship of a superhuman controlling power, especially a personal God or gods:http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/def...h/religion
1.1 A particular system of faith and worship:
1.2 A pursuit or interest to which someone ascribes supreme importance:
consumerism is the new religion
So you see, you may well think I'm wrong -- but I'm not.
Now, go play in the traffic, child. The adults here are trying to have a conversation.
(February 3, 2016 at 10:35 am)Excited Penguin Wrote:(February 3, 2016 at 10:33 am)Rhythm Wrote: I find your definitions to be self serving and non-representative.
These are not my definitions. These are definitions I find in dictionaries.
... suitably pruned so that you don't have to consider any other view but your own ...