Re: Atheists dying

From: thomas p (thomasagainspam_at_yahoo.dk)
Date: 08/27/04 

Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2004 20:34:31 +0200

On Fri, 27 Aug 2004 16:51:40 GMT, Gactimus <gactimus@xrs.net> wrote:

>"Karl Johanson" <karljohanson@shaw.ca> wrote in
>news:szJXc.221353$M95.161454@pd7tw1no:
>
>> "Gactimus" <gactimus@xrs.net> wrote in message
>> news:Xns95515FEF3D516PQ@alaska.local...
>>
>>>> But a system of religious beliefs is. Atheism is not a belief system
>>>> of any kind.
>>>
>>> Wrong. Atheism is based on the belief that there is no god.
>>
>> No, atheism is the absence of belief in god, or gods.
>>
>> If atheism is a religion, then abstinence is a form of sex.
>
>Nice non sequitur.

It is a completely valiid comparison. Lack of belief is not a
religion, and abstinence is not a form of sex.

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