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Atheists & Agnostics

Shermann

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1. There should be fewer names, not more!

Reply to Lord Ludd (Original post)

Sun Apr 4, 2021, 02:54 PM

Apr 2021

I believe it was Sam Harris that pointed out how odd of a word atheist is. There aren't typically names for groups that aren't associated with something. There isn't a name for a non-astronomer.

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Additional name for atheists? [View all] Lord Ludd Apr 2021 OP

There should be fewer names, not more! Shermann Apr 2021 #1

"There isn't a name for a non-astronomer." 3catwoman3 Apr 2021 #2

That's just an example of inductive reasoning being applied to the nature of flat earthers Shermann Apr 2021 #4

I wholeheartedly agree that 'atheist' is an odd word Lord Ludd Apr 2021 #7

Bingo Random Boomer Apr 2021 #13

I think of myself as a content questioner. 3catwoman3 Apr 2021 #3

Cosmost, or Cosmist but I still use, secular humanist, and I remember when I got in trouble with ShazamIam Apr 2021 #5

This is a good name, but ... Trueblue Texan Apr 2021 #6

Now you made me think of Little Caesars... Lord Ludd Apr 2021 #8

If that is the case, why is it you haven't made yourself known to the official group? A HERETIC I AM Apr 2021 #15

I just did! Trueblue Texan Apr 2021 #19

Free-thinker? nt Laffy Kat Apr 2021 #9

Did you ask god if he approves of that name? nt Binkie The Clown Apr 2021 #10

Actually, I did Lord Ludd Apr 2021 #11

LOL!!! Trueblue Texan Apr 2021 #12

Are you sure your toaster was plugged in? Binkie The Clown Apr 2021 #14

Yanno, a few years ago there was the attempt to make popular the name "Brights" A HERETIC I AM Apr 2021 #16

I typically use "atheist" despite how I don't... Buckeye_Democrat Apr 2021 #17

Well, here's the thing. Cosmos, being part of centuries of Greek attempts to explain creation, has a Karadeniz Apr 2021 #18

In spanish, "Cosmovision" means "Worldview" old as dirt Dec 2021 #20