On Jul 9, 2013, at 5:56 PM, chris peck <chris_peck...@hotmail.com>
wrote:
If some one says "look, cat" I don't know what kind of cat they are
refering to. I nevertheless can be confident that they have seen
something feline.
True, but cats are things people can see, and this the variety of
possible meanings for the word cat is greatly constrained.
When someone says god do they mean something that is (check any or all
of the following):
- immanent
- transcendant
- uncreated
- eternal
- intelligent
- benevolent
- creator
- infinite
- answerer of prayers
- judge
- designer
- truth
- love
- universal mind
- everything
?
Because there are many types of possible and very different meanings
for the word "god", using the word atheist to describe someone who
does not believe in some particular conception of god is much like
using the word "acatist" to describe someone who does not believe in 6-
legged bright-pink saber tooth tigers, but nonetheless believes in
lions and house cats.
Even if you reject the particular god of some particular religious
sect, I am confident there are particular selections of the above
words that you would admit to believing in.
Jason
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From: "Jason Resch" <jasonre...@gmail.com>
Sent: 10 July 2013 8:35 AM
To: "Everything List" <everything-list@googlegroups.com>
Subject: Re: Hitch
On Tue, Jul 9, 2013 at 5:33 PM, chris peck
<chris_peck...@hotmail.com> wrote:
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.
But you don't know what God the atheist doesn't believe in.
Jason
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