RE: Is it true that atheism has killed more people then organized religion?...
September 7, 2010 at 3:13 pm
(This post was last modified: September 7, 2010 at 3:45 pm by Existentialist.)
(September 7, 2010 at 3:07 pm)EvidenceVsFaith Wrote: No I mean you'd have to disagree with what the word means.
If, for example, I say that the word "cheese" means: "A slide in a children's playground", I am redefining the word in the same sense that you are redefining atheism.
Cheese is a bad example. Socialism would be a better analogy.
(September 7, 2010 at 3:10 pm)Entropist Wrote: Atheism per se is not an ideologyWell in my book it is. But then, I think the definitions of words can be arrived at subjectively and the purpose of discussion is to enable people to compare their subjective definitions. I'm well aware that others think arguments are settled objectively by dictionaries or hard logic, and that a dissenter is just wrong.