From: utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!CAD:tektronix!tekmdp!michaelk
Newsgroups: net.followup
Title: Re: atheism vs. Communism
Article-I.D.: tekmdp.1689
Posted: Tue Jan 18 11:33:20 1983
Received: Fri Jan 21 00:53:27 1983

I believe that the notion that "something that is not theistic is therefore
atheistic" is not valid.  I have two reasons for this evaluation.  First
of all, the arguement (as has been expressly argued) presented on the net
deletes the possiblity of non-applicability.  If I observe a banana, I will
note that it is not a synchronous device, therefore, are bananas asynchronous?
Clearly, synchronousness is not applicable, and therefore requires a third
catagory that is more than just "neutral", but disconnected.  My second
reasoning is that the definition of atheism in my Merriam Webster dictionary
is as follows: "the belief that there is no GOD: denial of the existance
of a supreme being".  This definition follows with the normal usage of the
word, and means much more than a neutral position.


Mike Kersenbrock
Tektronix Microcomputer Development Products
Aloha, Oregon