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<div style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto">"Atheism can be simple nonbelief in the existence of God, or the<BR>positive belief in the nonexistence of God. As I have already<BR>indicated, the former applies for me."</SPAN></div>
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<div style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto">I suppose it can mean whatever you want it to mean, Chas. And you can split hairs with <SPAN style="RIGHT: auto" id=misspell-1><SPAN>definitions</SPAN></SPAN> endlessly. However, most, if not all people are going to take <SPAN style="RIGHT: auto" id=misspell-2><SPAN>atheist</SPAN></SPAN> to mean a person that doesn't <SPAN style="RIGHT: auto" id=misspell-3><SPAN>believe</SPAN></SPAN> in a God. "Lacking" means "without" in the <SPAN style="RIGHT: auto" id=misspell-4><SPAN>definitions</SPAN></SPAN> you have listed. Not many will attach the concept of a limited degree of probability as you seem to want to hinge to it to the alter its intended meaning and give it a new <SPAN style="RIGHT: auto" id=misspell-5><SPAN>definition</SPAN></SPAN> one can only derive from a <SPAN style="RIGHT: auto" id=misspell-6><SPAN>lengthy</SPAN></SPAN> conversation with you. Either way, <SPAN
style="RIGHT: auto" id=misspell-1><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto" id=misspell-1><SPAN>declaring</SPAN></SPAN> the belief</SPAN></SPAN> there is not a God, is illogical. </SPAN></div>
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<div style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto">Donovan J. Arnold</SPAN></div>
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<DIV style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #ccc 1px solid; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 0; MARGIN: 5px 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; HEIGHT: 0px; FONT-SIZE: 0px; BORDER-TOP: #ccc 1px solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #ccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px" class=hr contentEditable=false readonly="true"></DIV><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> Chasuk <chasuk@gmail.com><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> Donovan Arnold <donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com>; Vision2020 <vision2020@moscow.com> <BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Friday, June 8, 2012 1:24 AM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> Re: [Vision2020] Atheism to Defeat Religion By 2038?<BR></FONT></DIV><BR>Atheism can be simple nonbelief in the existence of God, or the<BR>positive belief in the nonexistence of God. As I have already<BR>indicated, the former applies for me.<BR><BR>As for "creditable"
sources...<BR><BR>From the Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy:<BR><BR>"Either the lack of belief that there exists a god, or the belief that<BR>there exists none."<BR><BR>From the Oxford Dictionary:<BR><BR>"Disbelief or lack of belief in the existence of God or gods."<BR><BR>From Princeton University's WordNet:<BR><BR>"A lack of belief in the existence of God or gods."<BR><BR>Are those sources trustworthy enough for you?<BR><BR><BR></DIV></DIV></div></body></html>