Re: Japanese Mythology
Kevin Wayne Williams wrote:
> Paul Blay wrote:
>
>> "necoandjeff" wrote ...
>>
>>> Kevin Wayne Williams wrote:
>>>
>>>> I am curious as to how you would distinguish an agnostic from an
>>>> apatheist, and why you felt the distinction was significant enough to
>>>> force you to make up a word.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I think agnostic is a commonly misunderstood word. Many use it to
>>> refer to
>>> those who simply don't know whether God exists (it is also used by many
>>> closet atheists who simply don't want to deal with the stigma
>>> attached to
>>> the word "atheist.") I think the true definition of "agnostic" is one
>>> who
>>> asserts that you cannot know (i.e. nobody can know) whether God
>>> exists or
>>> not.
>>
>>
>>
>> I think there's a word for people who redefine words because the commonly
>> understood meaning of that word doesn't suit their arguments. And if
>> there isn't I'll just find a word which _should_ mean that, even if
>> nearly
>> everybody thinks it doesn't, and redefine it to the 'true' meaning so
>> that it does.
>
>
> I've always referred to it as "humptydumptyism".
>
Don't be stupid, that is real redefinisationism. Real
redefinisationism is Jeff (can be a verb,noun or adjective)
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