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Definition of Atheism
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RE: Definition of Atheism
July 4, 2014 at 3:27 pm (This post was last modified: July 4, 2014 at 3:28 pm by MindForgedManacle.)
Arguments by dictionary are just illegitimate appeals to authority. After all, I can just post this:

Merriam-Webster Wrote:Definition of ATHEISM

1
archaic : ungodliness, wickedness
2
a : a disbelief in the existence of deity
b : the doctrine that there is no deity

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/atheism

Dictionaries don't work that way, that is, they don't settle what the definitive meaning of a word is; they give usages of a word. Come on now.
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Definition of Atheism - by MindForgedManacle - July 4, 2014 at 4:07 am
RE: Definition of Atheism - by Confused Ape - July 4, 2014 at 4:14 am
RE: Definition of Atheism - by MindForgedManacle - July 4, 2014 at 4:17 am
RE: Definition of Atheism - by Confused Ape - July 4, 2014 at 4:24 am
RE: Definition of Atheism - by MindForgedManacle - July 4, 2014 at 4:31 am
RE: Definition of Atheism - by ignoramus - July 4, 2014 at 5:41 am
RE: Definition of Atheism - by Whateverist - July 4, 2014 at 9:01 am
RE: Definition of Atheism - by Ben Davis - July 4, 2014 at 7:14 am
RE: Definition of Atheism - by Grandizer - July 4, 2014 at 7:20 am
RE: Definition of Atheism - by Dystopia - July 4, 2014 at 8:17 am
RE: Definition of Atheism - by Grandizer - July 4, 2014 at 8:24 am
RE: Definition of Atheism - by pocaracas - July 4, 2014 at 8:49 am
RE: Definition of Atheism - by MindForgedManacle - July 4, 2014 at 10:01 am
RE: Definition of Atheism - by Cato - July 4, 2014 at 10:25 am
RE: Definition of Atheism - by MindForgedManacle - July 4, 2014 at 10:50 am
RE: Definition of Atheism - by eyemixer - July 4, 2014 at 11:54 am
RE: Definition of Atheism - by Mister Agenda - July 4, 2014 at 12:37 pm
RE: Definition of Atheism - by MindForgedManacle - July 4, 2014 at 1:11 pm
RE: Definition of Atheism - by SkepticismFirst - July 4, 2014 at 2:09 pm
RE: Definition of Atheism - by Confused Ape - July 4, 2014 at 3:08 pm
RE: Definition of Atheism - by SkepticismFirst - July 4, 2014 at 3:12 pm
RE: Definition of Atheism - by Confused Ape - July 4, 2014 at 3:20 pm
RE: Definition of Atheism - by SkepticismFirst - July 4, 2014 at 3:47 pm
RE: Definition of Atheism - by Confused Ape - July 4, 2014 at 3:55 pm
RE: Definition of Atheism - by Mister Agenda - July 5, 2014 at 10:54 am
RE: Definition of Atheism - by Whateverist - July 5, 2014 at 1:24 pm
RE: Definition of Atheism - by Whateverist - July 4, 2014 at 4:54 pm
RE: Definition of Atheism - by Welsh cake - July 4, 2014 at 2:24 pm
RE: Definition of Atheism - by MindForgedManacle - July 4, 2014 at 3:27 pm
RE: Definition of Atheism - by Confused Ape - July 4, 2014 at 3:43 pm
RE: Definition of Atheism - by MindForgedManacle - July 4, 2014 at 4:06 pm
RE: Definition of Atheism - by Mister Agenda - July 5, 2014 at 11:37 am
RE: Definition of Atheism - by Thumpalumpacus - July 6, 2014 at 8:21 am
RE: Definition of Atheism - by Dystopia - July 6, 2014 at 9:07 am
RE: Definition of Atheism - by Mister Agenda - July 7, 2014 at 12:28 pm
RE: Definition of Atheism - by pocaracas - July 4, 2014 at 4:16 pm
RE: Definition of Atheism - by MindForgedManacle - July 4, 2014 at 4:21 pm
RE: Definition of Atheism - by pocaracas - July 4, 2014 at 4:55 pm
RE: Definition of Atheism - by Simon Moon - July 4, 2014 at 5:27 pm
RE: Definition of Atheism - by The Grand Nudger - July 4, 2014 at 4:58 pm
RE: Definition of Atheism - by MindForgedManacle - July 4, 2014 at 5:44 pm
RE: Definition of Atheism - by pocaracas - July 4, 2014 at 6:14 pm
RE: Definition of Atheism - by Angrboda - July 4, 2014 at 6:39 pm
RE: Definition of Atheism - by Whateverist - July 4, 2014 at 6:44 pm
RE: Definition of Atheism - by MindForgedManacle - July 4, 2014 at 7:56 pm
RE: Definition of Atheism - by Confused Ape - July 5, 2014 at 4:28 am
RE: Definition of Atheism - by Grandizer - July 5, 2014 at 4:34 am
RE: Definition of Atheism - by Dystopia - July 5, 2014 at 9:33 am
RE: Definition of Atheism - by Grandizer - July 5, 2014 at 10:10 am
RE: Definition of Atheism - by Thumpalumpacus - July 5, 2014 at 9:03 am
RE: Definition of Atheism - by ignoramus - July 5, 2014 at 9:39 am
RE: Definition of Atheism - by vorlon13 - July 5, 2014 at 11:18 am
RE: Definition of Atheism - by vorlon13 - July 5, 2014 at 12:02 pm
RE: Definition of Atheism - by MindForgedManacle - July 5, 2014 at 6:33 pm
RE: Definition of Atheism - by Mister Agenda - July 7, 2014 at 12:08 pm
RE: Definition of Atheism - by Whateverist - July 7, 2014 at 12:26 pm

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