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Kazak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-05 11:03 AM Original message |
I strongly prefer the term "Naturalist" to the term "Atheist". |
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htuttle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-05 11:06 AM Response to Original message |
1. I like that |
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arwalden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-05 11:08 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. The "a" in "atheist" means "without"... not "against". |
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htuttle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-05 11:09 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Well, true enough |
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arwalden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-05 11:23 AM Response to Reply #4 |
9. I understand what you're saying but it doesn't sound logical... |
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not systems (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-05 11:08 AM Response to Original message |
2. "Natualism" sounds like another word for nudism... |
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elehhhhna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-05 11:10 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Isn't it? tink so mon. |
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JHB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-05 11:11 AM Response to Original message |
6. You walk around naked? |
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Kazak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-05 11:13 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Well, I'm co-opting in then... |
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Zenlitened (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-05 11:26 AM Response to Reply #6 |
10. Exactly. The nudist community tried to take ownership of this word... |
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Az (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-05 11:15 AM Response to Original message |
8. There are a lot of negative connotations surrounding the word atheist |
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Malva Zebrina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-05 11:27 AM Response to Original message |
11. Non-theist works for me |
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Kazak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-05 11:30 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. This still defines yourself in terms of what you are not,... |
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Malva Zebrina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-05 11:31 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. true, but so does "atheist" nt |
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Kazak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-05 11:34 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Yeah... |
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Malva Zebrina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-05 11:48 AM Response to Reply #16 |
18. Yeah, I do |
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Kazak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-05 01:48 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. Hi, my name is... |
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Malva Zebrina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-05 04:52 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. OK |
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Az (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-05 11:38 AM Response to Reply #11 |
17. Actually |
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Malva Zebrina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-05 11:51 AM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Of course, but it is quite understandable |
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megatherium (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-05 06:48 PM Response to Reply #11 |
25. Some prefer 'agnostic' |
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maxsolomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-05 11:29 AM Response to Original message |
12. you are a Pantheist or a Panentheist |
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Kazak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-05 11:31 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Yeah, I know... |
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toddaa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-05 09:45 PM Response to Reply #14 |
28. More specifically |
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BurgherHoldtheLies (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-05 11:56 AM Response to Original message |
20. I prefer: "It's nobody's business, nor are other's beliefs my business" |
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bleedingheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-05 04:54 PM Response to Original message |
23. Why not Heretic? |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-05 04:55 PM Response to Original message |
24. Definition of naturalist: |
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Nye Bevan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-05 09:23 PM Response to Original message |
26. A group of atheists is calling themselves the Brights |
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JanMichael (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-05 09:36 PM Response to Original message |
27. Call yourself whatever you'd like. Actually you sound like a Deist. |
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LittleClarkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-05 09:57 PM Response to Original message |
29. Dude, naturalist makes it sound like yer nekkid |
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