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ohnhai
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Message 18 of 63 (189326)
02-28-2005 8:38 PM
Reply to: Message 15 by New Cat's Eye
02-28-2005 6:24 PM


Re: Cashfrog, you misunderstood me and are wrong
atheism
1. Disbelief in or denial of the existence of God or gods.
2. The doctrine that there is no God or gods.
-Godlessness; immorality.
my bold.
Excuse me??
Atheists are by definition ‘immoral’? Frankly, and not mincing words I am DEEPLY offended by that definition. I happen to be an Atheist and I am not by any means immoral.
I know it was not directed at me personally but the inference, no the flat-out accusation that any Atheist is immoral is simply beyond the pale.
Where did you get that definition in the first place. ahh it’s almost identical to Dictionary.com’s definition which in turn came from ‘The American Heritage Dictionary of the English language, Fourth Edition.’. ( have already asked dictionary.com to reconsider this entry, and will be doing the same with The AHD very soon).
Now as neither the Oxford Dictionary or the Collins Dictionary include the definitions of ‘Godlessness’ or ‘immorality’ in their entries for Atheism I have to wonder where ‘The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language Dictionary’ got their definition from. IMHO it does smack of Christian Right fundie-ness.
Just because you are an Atheist that doesn’t make you immoral, nor does being immoral make you an Atheist.
And as Godlessness is basically claiming someone to be evil wicked and immoral I take that to be just as bad.
Thank you so very much.
-- Rant over —
-- edit - saw your reply to Sidelined after posting this. appologies for the angry tone.. --edit --
This message has been edited by ohnhai, 01 March 2005 01:43 AM

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ohnhai
Member (Idle past 5184 days)
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From: Melbourne, Australia
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Message 23 of 63 (189346)
02-28-2005 9:34 PM
Reply to: Message 22 by crashfrog
02-28-2005 9:28 PM


atheism
1. Disbelief in or denial of the existence of God or gods.
2. The doctrine that there is no God or gods.
-Godlessness; immorality.
Your made-up definition doesn't count for shit.
actually it is the Dictionary.com definition for atheism, Click here

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