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13. You could also say they are theistic

Wed Nov 14, 2018, 08:43 PM

Nov 2018

...and you wouldn’t be incorrect with any of those options. It’s just not that easy to define them using such labels.

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Now would be a nice time for him to put in an appearance The Velveteen Ocelot Nov 2018 #2

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I prefer unaffiliated apatheist Major Nikon Nov 2018 #9

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I had forgotten that thread. MineralMan Nov 2018 #8

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You could also say they are theistic Major Nikon Nov 2018 #13