Posted by rpcman on October 08, 1999 at 18:28:06:
In Reply to: Atheists don't own the term posted by Tom on October 08, 1999 at 16:49:37:
: Perhaps you're group uses the term in a unique way that
: would warrant inclusion in a dictionary.
Unique? I subscribe to the two largest atheistic publications in the world. These aren't small splinter groups.
: But as I've already
: said repeatedly, dictionary definitions reflect USAGE
And as I've said repeatedly, don't necessarily trust a dictionary. Dictionaries reflect the beliefs and prejudices of the author(s). For instance, at the dictionary linked from the page on my site it states, "Atheism is a ferocious system, that leaves nothing above us to excite awe, nor around us to awaken tenderness."
: You seem to want it to be a technical
: lexicon.
I was thinking the same about you since you want to tell atheists what they are based on what a theist writes in a dictionary. If an anti-theist wrote a dictionary that gave the definition for theist to be "ignorant, superstitious fool who can't get over their childish beliefs and fantasies" would you not think that maybe that dictionary is incorrect since theism merely means "belief in god(s)"?