prefuse 73 wrote:
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> lucat bene, der elag <elag@cloud9.net> goh, a hunnert truxx inero,
> sumwit kowz n' sumwit duxx on Tue, 15 Jul 2003 22:50:43 -0400:
>
> >Emilie Gruchow wrote:
> >>
> >> If anything, Jefferson's manner of speaking certainly counters any
> >> arguments that the founding father was a devoted man of the Christian
> >> church. Though I do agree with his acceptance of humanity's tendency
> >> to duke it out in large groups every 150 years or so, I would shy away
> >> from assigning it to a higher calling of nature (ie Deism). I am not
> >> completely dismissive of religion myself, though I am skeptical, but
> >> conducting one's primeval head butting in the name of some higher
> >> power seems a stretch even to the agnostics on this side of the pond.
> >
> >
> >Personally I'm agnostic, I don't believe in gods.
> >
> based on what you've just typed, you are 'atheist'. *not 'agnostic'.
>
> according to merriam-webster:
>
> an 'atheist' is someone that denies the existence of (a) god.
>
> an 'agnostic' either doubts the truth of religion (noun), or is one
> that is uncertain of all claims to knowledge (adjective). an apropos
> synonym would be 'doubter'.
>
> so, what are you again?...
>
> i, for one, am 'atheist'.
>
I always thought I was an atheist until I read that... now I doubt that
I am :O)
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