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ogneopasno Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-20-09 12:20 PM
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Shout out to the atheists! But as "nonbelievers."
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JenniferJuniper Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-20-09 12:21 PM
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1. Agnostics snubbed again....
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TWiley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-20-09 12:24 PM
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4. boo hoo ..... have a tissue for your issue
<snif snif>
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JenniferJuniper Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-20-09 12:25 PM
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6. Thanks for you concern but
it was a joke.
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TWiley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-20-09 12:40 PM
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14. oops
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Virginia Dare Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-20-09 12:27 PM
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7. No love for the Wiccans? What's up with that?...n/t
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dysfunctional press Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-20-09 12:52 PM
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18. why aren't they considered to be "non-believers"?
Edited on Tue Jan-20-09 12:53 PM by QuestionAll
seeing as most agnostics do not believe in a god's existence. they may not believe in the absence of one either- but they don't believe in the existence.
in fact, they're "non-believers" twice over.
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HiFructosePronSyrup Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-20-09 12:22 PM
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2. As a Pastafarian, I'm very outraged.
So much for change, Mr. Obama.
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Shiver Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-20-09 12:28 PM
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9. Your outrage is shared by your Discordian bretheren
Unless you're secretly a cabbage or something...
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nickgutierrez Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-20-09 12:22 PM
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3. I'm ok with that - we're a big group.
Atheists, agnostics, skeptics, and so on. That's as good a word as any to summarize, I suppose, even if it does come from a presumption of majority belief.
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ogneopasno Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-20-09 12:25 PM
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5. I don't like "non" or "anti" designators to define things (apologies to your name),
but maybe it is the most accurate option out there. In any case, I was happy for the recognition.
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ProfessorGAC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-20-09 12:36 PM
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13. Isn't The "A" in Atheist The Same Thing as Anti- or Non-?
Still a prefix that nullifies the word that follows it. Right?

So, non-believer is really different than "a"theist?

GAC
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cynatnite Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-20-09 12:28 PM
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8. It worked for me! n/t
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blogslut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-20-09 12:29 PM
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10. We're in the house
Booyah!
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MindPilot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-20-09 12:30 PM
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11. I'm cool with it.
Beats the hell out of being told I'm not a citizen.
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Ichingcarpenter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-20-09 12:31 PM
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12. That was a first
and long overdue
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Soylent Brice Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-20-09 12:44 PM
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15. it's weird finally feeling like i'm included finally
non-believer was kind of dooshy, but i'll take what i can get.

baby steps.
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WeDidIt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-20-09 12:44 PM
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16. I don't believe in Atheism
and I'm not too sure about Agnosticism.
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ColbertWatcher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-20-09 12:47 PM
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17. Was there a "shout out" to the LGBT community? n/t
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