(August 3, 2012 at 11:32 am)CliveStaples Wrote: Second, the definition I use for 'atheism' is something I've spent a lot of time thinking about; if I were to become an atheist, it would be with that definition in mind. I think it's an accurate (atheists are considered 'atheist' under my definition) and useful (gives you a way to compare and contrast properties of belief systems). It certainly wasn't done for some nefarious victim-status argument.
What else are you going to define about me? Surely it is the hight of bad manners to ignore how a group of people choose to describe themselves, and as an outsider impose your description on them.
Pot and kettle comes to mind.
