(June 6, 2013 at 5:36 pm)Statler Waldorf Wrote:(June 5, 2013 at 10:49 pm)smax Wrote: Statler,
You do realize that the vast majority of the participants here agree with the definition provided in the OP, right?
But, by all means, embarrass the hell out of me!
That’s irrelevant, I am sorry but a majority of users on an internet forum do not have the authority to determine the proper definition of a philosophical term, that’s done by philosophical references and they all define it as an affirmation in the non-existence of God. You’re no different than the majority of Christians today believing the Trinity is defined as “God is one person and three persons.”- the majority of people are often wrong.
A rose by any other name ...
Okay, on your authority, Waldorf, suppose I put aside the word "atheist". Does it make any difference if we come up with a new word to mean someone who has no belief in gods? I'm willing to call myself a don't-give-a-shit'ist. Definition: a "dontgiveashitist" holds no belief in gods and can't be bothered to explain why its okay not to believe in something that, so far as any sane person can tell, doesn't exist. Dontgiveashitists do not believe gods positively do not exist. As a highly questionable concept, there really isn't anything to say for or against gods, and dontgiveashitists realize this. Of course some people are naive enough to get caught up in arguing that whatever gods may be, they certainly don't exist. I guess these will be the only ones that can go on using the A word. Of course when you start counting what % of the population is theist and what % is not, guess which group dontgiveashitists will be grouped with?
