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- From: aahz@netcom.com (Mean Green Dancing Machine)
- Subject: Re: Science and god: Are they incompatible? If so, why?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov23.062803.22949@netcom.com>
- Organization: Don't blame me, I voted for Bill 'n' Opus
- References: <1992Nov17.044659.16994@muddcs.claremont.edu> <1992Nov17.223926.14301@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu> <1992Nov18.043643.16303@muddcs.claremont.edu>
- Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 06:28:03 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov18.043643.16303@muddcs.claremont.edu> dgreen@jarthur.claremont.edu (David Green) writes:
- >
- >I don't follow this point at all. I consider atheism and agnosticism to be
- >religions in that they are a series of beliefs about God. I suppose that
- >the way I use it is to a degree synonymous with 'philosophy,' though I don't
- >think that's exactly the word I want in this case.
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- Nope. You could consider 'atheism' and 'agnosticism' to be religious
- beliefs, but without structure or religious practices they can't be an
- actual religion.
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