Greetings Atheists

[LastPoet]

Shell_B banned him, but any of the other mods could have done it, and these things are usually agreed upon amongst ourselves.

I'm not sure it would take a big council to ban this sucker. Oh well some fun was had with him

[DrDolittle]

Easy to glance over the "or disbelieve" part isn't it when it suits your needs?

Have we had one yet that doesn't do just that? Comes with the brainwashing I think.

OK, lets settle this once and for all.

The word atheist is Greek. The 'a' part means without, it's called a 'privative a'. Words with this 'privative a' are easily recognizable - asexual means without sex, amoral means without morality etc.

I believe the following website may be of use to you: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agnosticism

"an agnostic is someone who neither believes nor disbelieves there is a God, whereas an atheist disbelieves there is a God."

"Within agnosticism there are agnostic atheists (who do not believe any deity exists, but do not deny it as a possibility)"

Regardless of what you want 'atheist' to mean it will always mean 'without God'. Even if you only consider there to be a 1 in a million chance God exists you are an agnostic. Accept this terminology, you can't ague that the word 'up' means 'down'.

[Minimalist]

asexual means without sex,

That leaves out the catholic priests!

[frankiej]

OK, lets settle this once and for all.

The word atheist is Greek. The 'a' part means without, it's called a 'privative a'. Words with this 'privative a' are easily recognizable - asexual means without sex, amoral means without morality etc.

I believe the following website may be of use to you: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agnosticism

"an agnostic is someone who neither believes nor disbelieves there is a God, whereas an atheist disbelieves there is a God."

"Within agnosticism there are agnostic atheists (who do not believe any deity exists, but do not deny it as a possibility)"

Regardless of what you want 'atheist' to mean it will always mean 'without God'. Even if you only consider there to be a 1 in a million chance God exists you are an agnostic. Accept this terminology, you can't ague that the word 'up' means 'down'.

Yeah.... we know....