Reply #81: Words change meaning [View All]

[Az]

They are not static things. As culture and society change the relevance of different terms change as well. Depending on who is dominant in society the meaning of words can change per their view of them.

There are gods that I actively deny. There are gods that I simply do not believe in. The definition found in the dictionary you provided is insufficient to define the current state of affairs.

You can choose how you wish to deal with it. But I recommend you take whatever definition the individual you are talking to as the working definition for your conversation or you are going to be arguing semantics rather than issues. And you are going to find more and more atheists refuting the defintion found in dictionaries. Times change and so to do words.