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Atheists & Agnostics

muriel_volestrangler

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19. I can't see why that's "subordinate", though

Reply to Joe Nation (Reply #18)

Tue Dec 17, 2024, 01:26 PM

Dec 17

Nor, for that matter, what is "better" about the fiction. Yes, you can't define atheism without someone believing in a deity; but since some people do believe in deities, that's not a problem. We happen to not have words defined as "not believing in ghosts", or "not believing in horoscopes", but that's perhaps because those beliefs are not such an organising system.

Are you just saying you wish atheism was a bit more powerful?

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I can't see why that's "subordinate", though muriel_volestrangler Dec 17 #19

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