Why does that make the word less usefull? I think its a very useful word. If someone tells me they are an atheist I then know that they do not belive in God.
--- Original Message --- From: "meekerdb" <meeke...@verizon.net> Sent: 10 July 2013 7:56 AM To: everything-list@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Hitch On 7/9/2013 11:57 AM, John Clark wrote: > > > I agree with Sam Harris that "atheist" is not a very useful > appellation because > it only describes someone in contrast to "theist". > > > That makes no sense. The word "nonfiction" is useful but it only describes > something in > contrast to "fiction". I didn't say it was completely useless. But it's less useful than "nonfiction" because "fiction" exists. Brent -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
