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  1. Bunyip

    Atheism is not a default position

    Yes I did say that. And so explained that all definitions are similarly 'flawed', and that the fact that one definition does not apply in all contexts and usages is not really a flaw - it is just how language works. No, I was responding to your terminology. But it is nevertheless correct, no...
  2. Bunyip

    Atheism is not a default position

    I don't. I made the point because it is not a flaw in the definitions of atheism being discussed either - all definitions are similarly 'flawed'. There is no such thing as a correct definition of atheism, theism, God, or now helium that covers all usages and contexts. Which is why all this...
  3. Bunyip

    Atheism is not a default position

    Yes. Isn't that what people here are doing with the definitions of 'atheism'? I have been arguing all along that there is no correct definition that applies universally, hence arguing for one is futile.
  4. Bunyip

    Atheism is not a default position

    Because the definition of helium given, just like the definitions of atheism being discussed does not cover all usages and contexts. Definitions tend to be that way. This is not a problem. Which is why I find it so bizzarre that people are arguing over which is the right definition.
  5. Bunyip

    Atheism is not a default position

    I was addressing it. By pointing out that the definition you gave does not cover all usages and circumstances. The definition you gave is imperfect (just as are the definitions of atheism, god and theism), if you apply it to other usages of 'helium' you get nonsense claims. Just as you get...
  6. Bunyip

    Does natural selection require mutation?

    The average human has about 150,000 such minor genetic variations.
  7. Bunyip

    Atheism is not a default position

    So I listed six different meanings, but you read that I am saying there is only one? No Willa, I listed six different usages of 'helium' to demonstrate that there are many different usages, not to say that there is only one.
  8. Bunyip

    Atheism is not a default position

    Sure, helium is also the name of a popular app, a form of browser window, a net content management system, a popular bicycle travelling case and a place name. So just as people are trying to 'refute definitions' of atheism as if that somehow acheived anything - you can do the same for helium...
  9. Bunyip

    Is materialism a part of Atheism or Atheism a part of materialism?

    Oh....thank the Gods for the gift of laughter.
  10. Bunyip

    Atheism is not a default position

    What is the point? You could point out such logical counters to all definitions - so what is the point? I know, and I keep explaining to you why it is a useless tactic, but you ignore everything I say. Why would I want to refute your 'logical counter' to a definition that like all definitions...
  11. Bunyip

    Is materialism a part of Atheism or Atheism a part of materialism?

    Most atheists like chocolate, that does not mean that there is a link. Same goes with materialism.
  12. Bunyip

    Is materialism a part of Atheism or Atheism a part of materialism?

    What do you even mean by 'outside of materialism'? Materialism does not exclude anything.
  13. Bunyip

    Is materialism a part of Atheism or Atheism a part of materialism?

    So you want to debate but will start getting real nasty at whatever my 'tone' is if I say anything you disagree with? Well, no thanks then mate. The whole point of a debate is that there is a difference of opinion.
  14. Bunyip

    What do people think "atheist" means?

    So true. Although I like most atheists only identify as such in the context of a discussion about Gods.
  15. Bunyip

    What do people think "atheist" means?

    Oh well, then there are no atheists.
  16. Bunyip

    What do people think "atheist" means?

    And what do you mean by 'exists' exactly? :)
  17. Bunyip

    What do people think "atheist" means?

    Which Gods? ;)
  18. Bunyip

    What do people think "atheist" means?

    Obvious? Yes. Enforcible? Sadly no. People use words and dictionaries struggle to keep up.
  19. Bunyip

    What do people think "atheist" means?

    Oh thank God! Finally LOL.
  20. Bunyip

    What do people think "atheist" means?

    Why keep trying to come up with all the different labels, and not just ask whoever you are talking to what they mean?
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