(January 4, 2009 at 4:50 pm)Purple Rabbit Wrote:(January 4, 2009 at 1:25 pm)Kyuuketsuki Wrote: "Atheist" is more succinct than "I have no belief in god(s)" and if the English language were full of phrases instead of words a discussion would be awfully long.Succintness is only an illusion when you have to define it over and over again.
Sounds like philosophical BS to me!!!
(January 4, 2009 at 4:50 pm)Purple Rabbit Wrote: Also, why adopt a label for yourself in terms of how you are not complying to the stance of someone else?
Why not? I assume most words derive their meaning from somewhere ... it doesn't bother me that "atheist" inherently relies on the meaning of "theist". Why should it?
Kyu