> aversiveness wrote:

>> On May 17, 1:45 pm, "John W. Kennedy" attglobal.net> wrote:

>>> gudl...@yahoo.com wrote:

>>>> On 16 Maj, 00:59, "John W. Kennedy" attglobal.net> wrote:

>>>>> gudl...@yahoo.com wrote:

>>>>>> Being an atheist is, in fact, merely lack of belief in a deity.

>>>>> Actually, that is /not/ the technical definition of "atheist" found in
>>>>> most philosophy textbooks, which is, instead, the positive belief in the
>>>>> nonexistence of any deity.

>>>> I have to admit that I have not read most philosophy textbooks; have
>>>> you?

>>> Do you /really/ think this is the first time this discussion has come up
>>> in the history of the world -- or even on the Internet?

>

>> Strange that your positions stated below seem to indicate you have
>> missed those discussions.

>

>>>> There is, in fact, more than one definition. One of the
>>>> standard (and the most inclusive) merely states disbelief in a god, ...