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Sometimes "politically correct" means nothing more than using an accurate
term or label. For example, I have never believed in a god but I'm not an
atheist. Buddhists don't believe in a supreme being but calling them
atheists conjures up images of militant anti-religious people, Marxists, and
so forth.
Perhaps "nontheist" just means someone who doesn't believe in a god OR it
could refer back to theism, which states there is a god and often
characterizes that god as active in human affairs.
Pat Barrett [log in to unmask]
http://ideas.lang-learn.us/barrett.php
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From: "Marilyn Harris" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Saturday, July 09, 2011 11:38 AM
Subject: Re: Questions for Ray
What is a nontheist? Is this latest politically correct term for an atheist?
Marilyn
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On 2011-07-09, at 12:04 PM, Paleo Phil <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> A couple more questions for you, Ray, if you don't mind:
>
> Where did you learn about the evolutionary advantage of religion (specific
> article(s) or book(s))? This is a topic of interest to me. Nassim Taleb is
> a nontheist who believes religion still has value and took the
> pro-religion side of a debate with anti-religion nontheists
> (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jTzyj36XiA). My hunch is that most of the
> problems with religion have to do with Neolithic versions (aka "organized
> religion"), and not so much with Stone Age versions.
>
> A friend has inquired about your book. In the book you didn't specify
> which type of diabetes you had, though you mentioned that your physician
> told you that you would have to take insulin when you were initially
> diagnosed, which suggests type 1. Could you confirm for me whether you had
> type 1 or type 2?
>
> Thanks,
> Phil
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