Posted by Bruce on February 08, 19101 at 16:41:34:
In Reply to: Re: Atheism and uncertainty posted by Daniel on February 08, 19101 at 15:44:25:
My dictionary defines "atheism" as: "the belief that there is no God". It makes no distinction between the "negative" and "positive" forms of the belief. Now anyone who understands language and logic understands that this definition is quite different from "the lack of belief in a God."
Definitions are not "correct" or "incorrect". They are simply tools by which we reach mutual understanding. I'm using the standard, dictionary definition of "atheism". If you want to change the definition, be my guest. But don't act like a pompous twit and say, "Your definitions are incorrect."
From reading your posts, I infer that you switched your forms of atheism within the past year.