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It is never Ok, OP/ED
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RE: It is never Ok, OP/ED
(February 14, 2015 at 4:41 am)jesus_wept Wrote: the doctrine or belief that there is no God. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/atheism

Disbelief or lack of belief in the existence of God or gods. http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/defini...sh/atheism

You gave the first definition from dictionary.com, and it's certainly a good definition; that's a common usage.

Dictionary.com follows up that first definition with a second definition quite similar to the one from the OeD: "disbelief in the existence of a supreme being or beings."

So any theist arguing that dictionary.com provides the single definition of "atheism" should be made to face the fact that dictionary.com itself offers the alternative definition that you and I prefer.
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It is never Ok, OP/ED - by Brian37 - February 12, 2015 at 6:28 pm
RE: It is never Ok, OP/ED - by wiploc - February 12, 2015 at 6:47 pm
RE: It is never Ok, OP/ED - by Brian37 - February 12, 2015 at 7:01 pm
RE: It is never Ok, OP/ED - by wiploc - February 12, 2015 at 9:13 pm
RE: It is never Ok, OP/ED - by Brian37 - February 12, 2015 at 10:38 pm
RE: It is never Ok, OP/ED - by emilynghiem - February 12, 2015 at 9:35 pm
RE: It is never Ok, OP/ED - by jesus_wept - February 13, 2015 at 6:52 am
RE: It is never Ok, OP/ED - by Brian37 - February 13, 2015 at 7:54 am
RE: It is never Ok, OP/ED - by wiploc - February 13, 2015 at 6:40 pm
RE: It is never Ok, OP/ED - by Strider - February 12, 2015 at 9:10 pm
RE: It is never Ok, OP/ED - by Brian37 - February 12, 2015 at 9:30 pm
RE: It is never Ok, OP/ED - by Dystopia - February 12, 2015 at 9:22 pm
RE: It is never Ok, OP/ED - by robvalue - February 12, 2015 at 11:08 pm
RE: It is never Ok, OP/ED - by Brian37 - February 13, 2015 at 6:24 am
RE: It is never Ok, OP/ED - by robvalue - February 13, 2015 at 7:44 am
RE: It is never Ok, OP/ED - by jesus_wept - February 13, 2015 at 11:02 am
RE: It is never Ok, OP/ED - by jesus_wept - February 14, 2015 at 4:41 am
RE: It is never Ok, OP/ED - by wiploc - February 14, 2015 at 12:43 pm
RE: It is never Ok, OP/ED - by robvalue - February 14, 2015 at 6:48 am
RE: It is never Ok, OP/ED - by wiploc - February 14, 2015 at 12:58 pm
RE: It is never Ok, OP/ED - by robvalue - February 14, 2015 at 12:51 pm
RE: It is never Ok, OP/ED - by jesus_wept - February 15, 2015 at 5:51 am
RE: It is never Ok, OP/ED - by robvalue - February 14, 2015 at 1:24 pm
RE: It is never Ok, OP/ED - by wiploc - February 14, 2015 at 8:21 pm
RE: It is never Ok, OP/ED - by Spooky - February 14, 2015 at 9:28 pm

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