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Dr Adequate
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Message 15 of 54 (657253)
03-27-2012 3:26 AM
Reply to: Message 14 by Heathen
03-27-2012 2:37 AM


Thing is, Heathen, there are already a large number of people who self-identify as atheists, given which it seems a bit arrogant to come along and retrospectively write a manifesto for them. "Oh, is that what we believe? Well thanks for telling us. We were in the dark up until now", one hears them cry.

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Message 26 of 54 (657295)
03-27-2012 12:34 PM
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03-27-2012 3:29 AM


I don't think it's as prescriptive as you seem to.
merely collating what he sees are the central 'tenets' of Atheism or Heathenism
Well in the first place, that would not be a manifesto.
In the second place, it's not very accurate as a description. Are those my "central tenets"? I am an atheist, but atheism itself is not one of my "central tenets", any more than my disbelief that there's an elephant in my back yard is one of my "central tenets". I just checked my back yard and there's no elephant, it's not an ideology.

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Message 47 of 54 (657480)
03-28-2012 8:03 PM
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03-28-2012 10:18 AM


Re: Atheist, heathenist.
3) Right-click and choose the correct spelling.
I didn't know it did that.

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