On Mon, Jul 8, 2013 at 12:59 AM, Kim Jones <kimjo...@ozemail.com.au> wrote:
>>>I love Christopher Hitchens. I agree with many points. He is more an
>>> anticlerical than an atheist to me ...
>>>
>>
>> >> Everybody called him an atheist. He called himself an atheist. I
>> think you just don't like the term.
>>
>
>
> Forgivable though, don't you think?
>
No I do not, I think it's unforgivable to value a word more than the
concept it represents.
> IF you can handle the comp definition of atheism as a sibling public
> religion of the Jesus cult [...]
Then the meanings of words change according to your whim and logical
contradictions do not bother you.
> I mean - either you believe in Big Daddy, JC and Spooky or you do not.
I do not. Believing in God is stupid, believing in Big Daddy JC and Spooky
is the Power Set of stupid, 2 raised to the power of stupid.
> Let me clarify: there is organised ('public' or 3-p) religion
And now religion enters the pee pee realm! Well maybe you have a point, it
is all a bunch of shit.
> the only authentic definition of 'personal religion' is "what you
> believe".
>
As I said it's unforgivable to value a word more than the concept it
represents.
John K Clark
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