Vincenzo "Vinny" G. Wrote:But they are not an atheist any more than a rock or a pancake or a ceiling fan is an atheist.
A human being is an atheist if they have rejected the belief in god regardless of how much thought they have put into it.
Vincenzo "Vinny" G. Wrote:This destroys the very basis of defining someone as an atheist- it makes it a property of inanimate objects.
False again. The basis of defining someone as an atheist is to represent their opinion on the existence of god. It is not a commentary on how they came to this opinon or how rational that opinion is. You are trying to put your own spin on the word atheist, which you previously said should not be done.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
