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The meaning of Atheism.
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RE: The meaning of Atheism.
The question is not what does atheist mean. That is putting the cart before horse.

The question is, there a three fundamental human stances in relation to the existence of God, and we need to invent new words for them because the existing words are causing a lot of argument. What are they? The three stances are:

1. Believes there is no God
2. Doesn't believe there is no God but doesn't believe there is a God either
3. Believes there is a God

Please could we have some suggestions for 1, 2 and 3 and then we can move forward without the baggage that accompanies words that have evolved with conflicting usage.
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The meaning of Atheism. - by leveni - September 10, 2010 at 10:56 pm
RE: The meaning of Atheism. - by Shell B - September 11, 2010 at 12:48 am
RE: The meaning of Atheism. - by padraic - September 11, 2010 at 12:53 am
RE: The meaning of Atheism. - by Shell B - September 11, 2010 at 1:01 am
RE: The meaning of Atheism. - by everythingafter - September 11, 2010 at 1:44 am
RE: The meaning of Atheism. - by Entropist - September 11, 2010 at 2:07 am
RE: The meaning of Atheism. - by Existentialist - September 11, 2010 at 8:15 am
RE: The meaning of Atheism. - by Tiberius - September 11, 2010 at 9:44 am
RE: The meaning of Atheism. - by Existentialist - September 11, 2010 at 11:39 am
RE: The meaning of Atheism. - by Tiberius - September 11, 2010 at 6:32 pm
RE: The meaning of Atheism. - by Existentialist - September 11, 2010 at 7:29 pm
RE: The meaning of Atheism. - by Shell B - September 11, 2010 at 7:51 pm
RE: The meaning of Atheism. - by Tiberius - September 11, 2010 at 8:45 pm
RE: The meaning of Atheism. - by Existentialist - September 11, 2010 at 10:26 pm
RE: The meaning of Atheism. - by Shell B - September 11, 2010 at 11:38 pm
RE: The meaning of Atheism. - by Existentialist - September 11, 2010 at 11:58 pm
RE: The meaning of Atheism. - by Entropist - September 11, 2010 at 11:13 pm
RE: The meaning of Atheism. - by Existentialist - September 11, 2010 at 11:20 pm
RE: The meaning of Atheism. - by Ace Otana - September 11, 2010 at 8:41 am
RE: The meaning of Atheism. - by Existentialist - September 11, 2010 at 9:31 am
RE: The meaning of Atheism. - by Shell B - September 11, 2010 at 6:04 pm
RE: The meaning of Atheism. - by Existentialist - September 11, 2010 at 6:12 pm
RE: The meaning of Atheism. - by Shell B - September 11, 2010 at 6:15 pm
RE: The meaning of Atheism. - by Existentialist - September 11, 2010 at 6:34 pm
RE: The meaning of Atheism. - by Shell B - September 11, 2010 at 7:10 pm
RE: The meaning of Atheism. - by everythingafter - September 13, 2010 at 3:42 pm
RE: The meaning of Atheism. - by Minimalist - September 11, 2010 at 6:41 pm
RE: The meaning of Atheism. - by padraic - September 11, 2010 at 7:01 pm
RE: The meaning of Atheism. - by padraic - September 11, 2010 at 7:41 pm
RE: The meaning of Atheism. - by Existentialist - September 11, 2010 at 8:11 pm
RE: The meaning of Atheism. - by Tiberius - September 11, 2010 at 8:49 pm
RE: The meaning of Atheism. - by Shell B - September 11, 2010 at 8:58 pm
RE: The meaning of Atheism. - by Watson - September 11, 2010 at 11:49 pm
RE: The meaning of Atheism. - by Shell B - September 11, 2010 at 11:50 pm
RE: The meaning of Atheism. - by padraic - September 12, 2010 at 12:23 am
RE: The meaning of Atheism. - by Existentialist - September 12, 2010 at 4:56 am
RE: The meaning of Atheism. - by padraic - September 12, 2010 at 5:20 am
RE: The meaning of Atheism. - by Existentialist - September 12, 2010 at 5:50 am
RE: The meaning of Atheism. - by downbeatplumb - September 12, 2010 at 7:22 am
RE: The meaning of Atheism. - by Existentialist - September 12, 2010 at 7:52 am
RE: The meaning of Atheism. - by Shell B - September 12, 2010 at 1:53 pm
RE: The meaning of Atheism. - by LastPoet - September 12, 2010 at 12:32 pm
RE: The meaning of Atheism. - by Minimalist - September 12, 2010 at 4:37 pm
RE: The meaning of Atheism. - by Shell B - September 12, 2010 at 6:28 pm
RE: The meaning of Atheism. - by padraic - September 13, 2010 at 2:29 am
RE: The meaning of Atheism. - by leveni - September 25, 2010 at 12:12 pm

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