wikipedia just as bad.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atheist
I left this for the admins.
Webster’s International Dictionary of the English Language, 1903. Comprising the issues of 1864, 1879, and 1884.
atheism: 1. The disbelief or denial of the existence of a God, or supreme intelligent Being.
Everybody’s Dictionary, 1912
atheism disbelief in the existence of a God.
The New Century Dictionary, 1927
atheism [Gr. atheos, without a god < a, priv. + theos, god]
The doctrine that there is no God; disbelief in the existence
of a God (or of gods)
Webster’s Encyclopedic Dictionary, 1942.
atheism [Gr. atheos, an atheist — a, priv. and theos, God]
The disbelief of the existence of a God or Supreme
intelligent Being.
Webster’s New Twentieth Century Dictionary, 1943.
atheism [Gr. atheos, a, priv. and theos, God] The disbelief
of the existence of a God, or supreme intelligent Being.
The Winston Dictionary, 1943.
atheism disbelief in, or denial of, the existence of God.
- obviously written by a monotheist.
Funk & Wagnalls New Standard Dictionary of the English Language, 1947.
atheism: The denial of or disbelief in God, as a First Cause,
or Ground, of the universe. As dogmatic atheism it denies, as
negative atheism it does not believe in, and as critical or
skeptical atheism (or agnosticism) it doubts, the existence
of god. - another written by a monotheist.
Webster’s Unabridged Encyclopedic Dictionary, 1957
atheism: Disbelief in the existence of God; the state of
godlessness. Atheism: unbelief in or denial of God or any
supernaturalism; to ancient Greek it meant denial and lack
of recognition of state gods. In 18th cent. it was a protest
against religious hypocrisy; in 19th cent. it was any system
not recognizing the idea of a personal Creator or any one
supreme being. It sees marter, not spirit, as sole universal
principle; its history one of opposition. Term often loosely
used in referring to agnostics who neither deny nor admit the
existence of God, or in regard to others who disagree with current
theological doctrine.
Funk & Wagnalls Standard Desk Dictgionary, 1980
atheist: one who denies or disbelieves in the existence of God.
- another written by a monotheist.
Canadian Oxford Dictionary, 2001.
atheism: disbelief in the existence of God or gods.
Where their is a clear distinction between disbelief and denial, then the religious got their hands on it. How can I possible claim their are no gods, when I havent heard of ever claim of a god or gods... Crazy religious people are willing to lie cheat, and even kill in some cases.
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