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  1. Xref: sparky rec.scouting:2733 alt.discrimination:4068 alt.atheism:16299
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!swrinde!gatech!mailer.cc.fsu.edu!sun13!ds1.scri.fsu.edu!pepke
  3. From: pepke@ds1.scri.fsu.edu (Eric Pepke)
  4. Newsgroups: rec.scouting,alt.discrimination,alt.atheism
  5. Subject: Re: BofA and UW can now support discrimination against blacks and Jews
  6. Message-ID: <10541@sun13.scri.fsu.edu>
  7. Date: 1 Sep 92 16:01:24 GMT
  8. References: <1992Aug28.180542.29698@cbnewsj.cb.att.com> <1992Aug29.145536.3961@cbnewsl.cb.att.com> <+vhntkg@lynx.unm.edu> <1992Aug31.201406.13456@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>
  9. Sender: news@sun13.scri.fsu.edu
  10. Reply-To: pepke@ds1.scri.fsu.edu (Eric Pepke)
  11. Followup-To: rec.scouting
  12. Distribution: usa
  13. Organization: SCRI, Florida State University
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  16. In article <1992Aug31.201406.13456@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> lfoard@Turing.ORG (Lawrence C. Foard) writes:
  17. >I'm curious how atheism is being defined here. I'm an atheist in the sense
  18. >that I don't believe in a "human" god. However I see the universe as being
  19. >a "being" in a very loose sense of the word, I could honestly say that I
  20. >believe in a higher power.
  21.  
  22. I don't know about any group's particular definism of "atheism."  However,
  23. using fairly common meanings, what you describe is usually called "pantheism."
  24. Some people call it "Deism," but that's not very precise, because "Deism" also
  25. describes an entirely different set of beliefs.  
  26.  
  27. -EMP
  28.