(February 9, 2013 at 5:21 pm)John V Wrote: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/atheism?s=t
1. the doctrine or belief that there is no God.
2. disbelief in the existence of a supreme being or beings.
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/atheism
1. Disbelief in or denial of the existence of God or gods.
2. The doctrine that there is no God or gods.
Now, you wouldn't purposely withhold information in order to make a case, would you?
You've just proven my point: dictionaries have different definitions. You *cannot* simply trust any single dictionary.
A dictionary is a list of words with attached meaning/equivalents... it is not the end-all authority on language. You could grab every dictionary in the world, and still not have every word used in them. Plenty of words and potential words are simply ignored as 'archaic' or 'slang' or 'not proper'... and restricting oneself to use of only *one* dictionary only puts one further behind understanding the language (as I demonstrated).
Please give me a home where cloud buffalo roam
Where the dear and the strangers can play
Where sometimes is heard a discouraging word
But the skies are not stormy all day
