(November 26, 2008 at 3:25 pm)lukec Wrote: No, perhaps in a strict sense the word god does not mean a supernatural being, but maybe it's simpler to agree that the common use of the word god (and especially God) implies a supernatural power? Which brings up the point that you keep making about how atheists cannot deny that there have been created gods. Clearly you're right, but that's not really the point of the discussion.
The point of the conversation was that Atheist don't have a problem with God and The Bible because it would be silly to have such a strong opinion of someone elses beliefs that are perceived by the atheists to be a fairy tale.
During the conversation there was the issue of the word god being misapplied and misunderstood by most people because of the common use itself. The common use of the word god and especially God does imply supernatural power because the common use is vastly translated and misunderstood through the Xian myth rather than Biblical accuracy. The reality, though, is that the actual majority of gods in the Bible and outside of the Bible is that most gods were created as you say.
Idols, hereos, etc. Someone who is an average Xian or Atheist might say "That ______ is a god to me" with no supernatural connotation at all if you follow the literal meaning of what a god is and interestingly at the same time all they are saying is "That _____ is to me just like God is to someone."
The point to the extended conversation as it developed is that the term Atheism and Atheist is nonsensical and misleading at best and ignorant at the least.
