>Hey Bruce,
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>I can agree with your theory. The only part I would disagree with is something that we've talked about before:
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>>is that all religious beliefs (including aetheism)
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>Atheism is defined as "without belief in god." If one is "without belief" how can that mindset be said be a "belief"?

Hey, Mike, how're things? Good to see my theory didn't make *everyone* want to tar-and-feather me. <g>

Yep, I recall our discussions of aetheism and agnosticism :-) My conclusion then was that we were only debating semantics, and that either one of us could find a dictionary that supported our POV if we poked around a little! I think the same still holds true.

But Hilmar already gave a reply very similar to the one I would make:

Aetheism, as defined by me: it's a *belief* that *there is no god*, to avoid ambiguous and contradicting dictionary quotes. IOW, how do you intend to prove there is no god or gods?