This book changed my lifeThe Goat writes, "Some books have made a huge impact on my life." It's true. It wasn't until the b3ta mods read the Flashman novels that we changed from mild-mannered computer operators into heavily-whiskered copulators, poltroons and all round bastards in a well-known cavalry regiment.
What books have changed the way you think, the way you live, or just gave you a rollicking good time?
Friendly hint: A bit of background rather than just a bunch of book titles would make your stories more readable
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chthonic, Thu 15 May 2008, 15:11)
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DefinitionsAs you say theism is the belief in gods (modified by various prefixes depending on your views on the nature of god(s)).
'a-' as a prefix, means 'not' or 'without'. i.e. 'atheist' describes one who does not have a belief in god; NOT one who believes in the absence of god. That is a pretty standard definition.
To suggest that atheism requires a belief in the absence of a god is like suggesting that 'amoral' is the same as 'immoral'. 'a-' means 'without', not 'the opposite of'.
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