tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1769727944915511936.post6636841504818242515..comments2023-10-11T07:41:49.758-07:00Comments on Lightwaveseeker: The Confused Semantics of Atheism and TheismDaniel Wilcoxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05178375087492786696noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1769727944915511936.post-25834022645831557712015-12-17T21:39:54.633-08:002015-12-17T21:39:54.633-08:00Hi Hystery,
Long time no read;-) I'm sure you...Hi Hystery,<br /><br />Long time no read;-) I'm sure you have been a busy teacher and active with your family, but we out in Webville have missed your blogs, none since July, correct?<br /><br />As for the semantics of A to T;-), yes, truly worthy of Alice. Like I wrote a couple posts back, I was flabbergasted when recently someone defined me as being an Atheist.<br /><br />At least they didn't say I was a Calvinist;-)<br /><br />My main concern, as you probably remember, was never about doctrine or any notions. That's a lot of speculation.<br /><br />What has concerned me deeply is the reality of ethics. When Atheists repeatedly argue with me that ethics concerning rape and slaughter, etc. are only "personal preferences," I get upset. Not too long ago two different Atheists claimed that in a different situation other than earth, murder and cannibalism would be the ethical acts to do! (They were serious, not trying to get my theistic goat.)<br /><br />When I was 19 at university and almost ready to abandon Christianity as a hopeless illusion, what kept me in the fold for years, despite my being a very liberal Christian was that I definitely didn't want to subscribe to the unethical views of the non-religious I knew and read about.<br /><br />But I do agree with you that the terms are squiggly. And I no longer think God loves us I've begun to move toward calling God "U.R." or the "transcendent" since the word "God" has become too much of a connotative dead weight.<br /><br />Thanks for stopping by.Daniel Wilcoxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05178375087492786696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1769727944915511936.post-36457073909384193052015-12-17T20:33:38.636-08:002015-12-17T20:33:38.636-08:00A familiar discussion. I have called myself athei...A familiar discussion. I have called myself atheist and non-theist in an attempt (semantics again!) to pinpoint myself along a continuum. There seems little point in it in the end. All notional and just so many words. Using your definitions, I concede that I finally land among the theists whether pantheistic, panentheistic, or something else, I don't know. My rational mind will continue to kick and I'm sure we'll continue this conversation later (at least I hope we will because your words and challenge are precious to me), but my heart knows what it knows. Or at least it reaches for what it hopes. Hysteryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02044678910937934731noreply@blogger.com