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   Message 87,805 of 89,766   
   The Magpie to Christopher A. Lee   
   Re: definitions of God?   
   08 Jan 14 16:40:07   
   
   XPost: alt.atheism, talk.philosophy.humanism   
   From: pigsinspace@mpreston.demon.co.uk   
      
   On 07/01/2014 11:50, Christopher A. Lee wrote:   
   > On Tue, 07 Jan 2014 11:26:46 +0000, The Magpie   
   >  wrote:   
   >   
   >> On 07/01/2014 09:27, Christopher A. Lee wrote:   
   >>> On Tue, 07 Jan 2014 02:08:27 -0330, David Dalton    
   >>> wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> In article   
   >>>> , David   
   >>>> Dalton  wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>> Most atheists would say that they do not believe in God.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Ha, I guess ALL atheists would say that, not Most.   
   >>>   
   >>> No, moron.   
   >>>   
   >>> Only those who are ex-Christians who haven't fully thrown off their   
   >>> previous beliefs.   
   >>>   
   >> No Chris, all of them. Most of us probably would not want a capital "G"   
   >> in the "god" bit though.   
   >   
   > No.   
   >   
   > Not all of them.   
   >   
   > Like most theists he imagines what is actually a response, to a   
   > specific thing they say, would come out of the blue.   
   >   
   > I wouldn't even give it a thought if theists kept it to themselves.   
   >   
   > "God" is a member of a class of religious beliefs called gods. [snip]   
   >   
   Agreed, I couldn't give a toss personally and would not mention it   
   unless asked - *BUT_IF_ASKED* then all atheists would say they do not   
   believe in "god" (capital "G" or not).   
      
   I think you are imagimning an issue where there simply is not one Chris.   
      
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    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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