(December 13, 2018 at 3:27 pm)Gae Bolga Wrote: You seem to be of the opinion that saying "that's just your take" turns everything into a wash, Max. You're wrong..and this stands as a case in point about how, between two people, one of them actually can be wrong and so everything isn't actually a wash.
One person saying "you're wrong" doesn't validate an argument anymore than another person saying "you're wrong."
Definitions in society that have legality behind them and are necessary for a society to function do have validity, because we have to observe them even if we don't agree with them. So him saying "you're wrong" to it doesn't hold weight. If someone says they are an "atheist" and believes they are an "atheist" then they have any and all legal protections applied to that belief. It doesn't mean he can't believe his version is correct, but it only applies to himself or anyone else who adheres to that viewpoint. It can't invalidate other atheists and their right to declare themselves atheists or to be recognized as such.