Atheists believe there is no deity

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  1. Stagnant

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    You're completely wrong. His statement was utterly unambiguous to all but the most dishonest or the most stupid. Which are you?
     
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    Atheists/Agnostics have no formed perception of what it entails, most freely admit they do not "Know"....perhaps we should refer to a Christian to tell us as it seems you have decided what we think before we even know it.

    Until you folks manage to figure out what it actually is we should believe...do not tell us we are wrong.


    This is what you twisted. You clearly state: "the promoter has stated than an atheist cannot be wrong".
    The promoter clearly states that they don not KNOW. So don't tell them they are wrong.

    TY on sig line comment.
     
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    What qualifies a person to be categorized as 'most dishonest' and what qualifies a person to be categorized as 'most stupid'? For the benefit of the Moderators, please explain how those terms apply to any person on this forum.

    BTW: clearly you are in error based simply on the fact that I derived a different meaning of the statement.
    "am·big·u·ous (m-bgy-s)
    adj.
    1. Open to more than one interpretation: an ambiguous reply.
    2. Doubtful or uncertain: "The theatrical status of her frequently derided but constantly revived plays remained ambiguous" (Frank Rich)."
     
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    I notice you have not used any quotation marks to complete statements (you did quote the use of the word "know" but nothing else. It is difficult to distinguish your comments from that which you presumably have attempted to quote. I also notice you used italicized lettering. Is that lettering in italics the supposed quote?

    I also do not see where I have twisted any words. Please clarify.
     
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    Simple. In order to come to the conclusions regarding that statement that you came to, and to continue holding those conclusions, you must either be incredibly dishonest or lack cognitive reasoning skills that most of the rest of us have. Especially after the person who you quoted pointed out that he did not, in fact, mean that.
     
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    Yes, the italics letters is the statement to which you replied "the promoter has stated an atheist cannot be wrong".
    No where in the Italics statement does the promoter say he/she cannot be wrong. He/she simply does not know and doesn't want to be told he/she is wrong.
    Pretty simple, really.
     
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    It seems pretty apparent to me, that the definition/terminology/interpretation of "atheist" is open ended as an application...for statistical manipulation for those who need numbers applied for their respective agendas.

    When a question on atheism is posed in an absolute fashion...the numbers of believers in a deity, statistically would plummet (I suspect).

    Broaden the definition/interpretation of what "atheism" could mean...and the numbers stay nice and high for those who want to cite on the cause of religious strengths in a nation/culture.
     
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    "An atheist will not tell another Atheist they are wrong, or un-Atheist....because there is no such thing."

    That is why I like to use quotations as opposed to italics. Your italics failed to point out the comment above.

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    "An atheist will not tell another Atheist they are wrong, or un-Atheist....because there is no such thing."

    That is why I like to use quotations as opposed to italics. Your italics failed to point out the comment above.
     
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    I care about the concepts behind terms, not the arbitrary terms themselves. Call me what you want as long as it means an absence of belief in any Gods.

    Yeah, I'm fine with the term Atheist - that's what most people recognize Atheism as.
     

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