From: Clint O'Dell (clint@freethoughtradio.com)
Date: Tue Jan 22 2002 - 10:47:44 MST
Damien Broderick wrote:
>>Make up your mind, Are you a `free thinker' or an atheist?<<
I am both an atheist & a freethinker. Though it is rare even believers can
be considered a freethinker depending if they do not follow an authority
figure, book, etc. For example, even though Deists are not atheists many of
them can be considered a freethinker. Christians by definition are not
freethinkers and it is impossible for a Christian to be a free thinker.
Clint O'Dell
clint@freethoughtradio.com
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[mailto:owner-extropians@extropy.org]On Behalf Of Damien Broderick
Sent: Monday, January 21, 2002 9:56 PM
To: extropians@extropy.org
Subject: Re: I Want To Disbelieve
>O'Dell and Floyd both define atheism as the lack of belief in the
supernatural.
I'd prefer: `a principled repudiation of belief in a supernatural Supreme
Being'.
>Free thinkers, in contrast may believe in God but arrive there "on their
own merit and wit" rather than through acceptance of an authority, like the
Bible.
Make up your mind, Are you a `free thinker' or an atheist?
Damien Broderick
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