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Old 12-14-2008, 02:24 PM   #21
Perry Winkle
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Join Date: Feb 2005
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Originally Posted by Happy Monkey View Post
There would be no need to refer to oneself as an atheist except from a religious perspective. If not for religion, there would be no need for the word atheist. It would just be the way things are.
That's true, but I think it denies the importance of the social aspects of the issue. There's a big difference between labeling oneself and being labeled by others. Which might be a tangential point in this conversation.
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