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Should the term Atheist be scrapped?
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RE: Should the term Atheist be scrapped?
(May 21, 2013 at 4:04 pm)One Above All Wrote:
(May 21, 2013 at 4:02 pm)Minimalist Wrote: Um, they hate each other because they use different terms. "Catholic," "Baptist," "Pentecostal," "Episcopal," etc.

I don't think it's that simple. Among other things, they hate each other because they don't believe in the same things.

To echo Min's response to this, they believe the same things albeit with minor cosmetic differences. Religion is notoriously exclusionist; among other things, they hate each other because they're far too similar for comfort.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist.  This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair.  Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second.  That means there's a situation vacant.'
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Should the term Atheist be scrapped? - by Terr - May 20, 2013 at 11:12 pm
RE: Should the term Atheist be scrapped? - by Kayenneh - May 21, 2013 at 3:32 am
RE: Should the term Atheist be scrapped? - by Terr - May 22, 2013 at 7:42 pm
RE: Should the term Atheist be scrapped? - by Sal - May 21, 2013 at 7:24 am
RE: Should the term Atheist be scrapped? - by Tonus - May 21, 2013 at 8:14 am
RE: Should the term Atheist be scrapped? - by Raven - May 21, 2013 at 3:35 pm
RE: Should the term Atheist be scrapped? - by Cyberman - May 24, 2013 at 4:58 am
RE: Should the term Atheist be scrapped? - by Kayenneh - May 21, 2013 at 4:40 pm
RE: Should the term Atheist be scrapped? - by Terr - May 22, 2013 at 7:51 pm
RE: Should the term Atheist be scrapped? - by Sal - May 22, 2013 at 7:59 pm
RE: Should the term Atheist be scrapped? - by Terr - May 23, 2013 at 7:27 pm

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