doctrbill responds to me:
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What is my background with regard to studying comparative religion with respect to atheism?
I don’t know and I don’t care.
And yet, you dismiss the information I provide as if it were coming from a random word generator. Let's look at what prompted my asking, shall we?
The best way to find out what atheism is is to ask atheists.
Advice which you seem to ignore in reference to yourself at the moment.
So the obvious question is: How do you know I haven't asked atheists themselves? If you're going to insist that I seem to have missed their input, I'm going to wonder how it is you justify that claim.
If you don't know and you don't care, by what basis do you justify your claim that I haven't considered the opinions of atheists?
Be specific.
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Which definition do you think gets to be the one that really counts?
Mine. Or is there going to be a test?
Well, yes. You see, you're eventually going to run across an atheist who will have a bone to pick with you regarding your definition.
Why is it you think your definition of "atheism" applies to people who call themselves atheists? That they would agree with your definition? That you have any business telling them what they believe or otherwise?
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You seem to be so sure about my personal history,
Don’t know. Don’t care.
But you're the one who brought it up. If you didn't know and didn't care, why did you bring it up?
The best way to find out what atheism is is to ask atheists.
Advice which you seem to ignore in reference to yourself at the moment.
If you don't like what you said, then retract it.
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Rrhain
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