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Submitted by George Slusher, Nov 4, 2006 12:34

Morgan-Lynn Lamberth wrote, "As a strong atheist, anti-theist,I am proud of Dr.Shermer now being a fellow atheist ..."

Dr. Shermer did not say that he was an "atheist," but a "nontheist." That is a much broader category that includes various forms or levels of agnosticism and deism, for example. Dr. Shermer is very careful in choosing his words and means just what he wrote. I.e., he meant to be a bit obscure. Thinking of him as a fellow "atheist" is rather like a fundamentalist Christian thinking that someone else agrees with him because that person says that he believes in God.


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Nov 3, 2006 10:26

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Nov 3, 2006 10:04

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Nov 3, 2006 07:11

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Nov 3, 2006 06:41

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Michael Geiser

Nov 3, 2006 09:32

As usual, the theists response is that the argument isn't to their liking; therefore there is an error in it. Simple... [MORE]

Bill Henry

Nov 4, 2006 12:32

Morgan-Lynn Lamberth wrote, "As a strong atheist, anti-theist,I am proud of Dr.Shermer now being a fellow atheist ..." Dr. Shermer did...

George Slusher

Nov 4, 2006 12:34

Bill: You mistakenly lump me in as a "theist". And what's with you going all "Ad Hominem" on me there Kemo... [MORE]

Michael Geiser

Nov 6, 2006 15:20

Don't know why you thought my response was aimed at you. I suspect I accidently checked a box or something. I... [MORE]

Bill Henry

Nov 6, 2006 17:06

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Morgan-Lynn Lamberth

Jan 31, 2007 19:52

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Michael Geiser

Feb 1, 2007 12:36

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Tony Kehoe

Nov 3, 2006 04:04

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