Why Something Rather Than Nothing?

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Suppose a certain Smith approaches you and tells you that by "God" he means "dog." Would you still disbelieve in the existence of Smith's god?

And if not, then you are no longer an atheist, because you now believe in the existence of at least one god.

Yes, congratulations: if you strip all the pertinent words in a definition of any meaning, and then add on whatever meaning is convenient to your petty little games, then you can make anything mean anything, and thus apply any label to anyone.

You must be very proud of your cheap rhetorical trick.

Of course, under the same logic you are no longer a christian, if I determine christianity to mean orca whale. So, really, what the hell do you think you're doing here? Why is this appealing to you?