Comments on: Atheists vs. Non-Christians http://bevear.org/2008/07/atheists-vs-non-christians/ Nathan's blog Tue, 06 Jan 2009 03:02:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Nato http://bevear.org/2008/07/atheists-vs-non-christians/#comment-11 Nato Sun, 27 Jul 2008 22:12:47 +0000 http://bevear.org/?p=29#comment-11 My thought was that a theist is someone who holds to the belief of a God, but not necessary the christian belief of God. Given that the theist also rejects christianity, that should put them in the 'all theist' box. But, you are right, the definitions were a bit loose in my original question, which was vaguely intentional. I like it that way, because it gives a lot of freedom for people come up with different perspectives, and give a lot of interesting answers. So, while your answer may have been different to Kelly's or Katherine's, I found all three answers to have been a good read. :) My thought was that a theist is someone who holds to the belief of a God, but not necessary the christian belief of God. Given that the theist also rejects christianity, that should put them in the ‘all theist’ box.

But, you are right, the definitions were a bit loose in my original question, which was vaguely intentional. I like it that way, because it gives a lot of freedom for people come up with different perspectives, and give a lot of interesting answers. So, while your answer may have been different to Kelly’s or Katherine’s, I found all three answers to have been a good read. :)

]]> By: Fraser Dron http://bevear.org/2008/07/atheists-vs-non-christians/#comment-9 Fraser Dron Sun, 27 Jul 2008 11:29:59 +0000 http://bevear.org/?p=29#comment-9 It reads a bit confusingly in the context of your first post - I get the concept of a 'Christian atheist' (essentially a person who tries to act morally/lovingly and uses Jesus' teachings as a model, while not believing in supernatural stuff), but your definition of 'theist' isn't the direct opposite - (which would be someone who claims to hold Christian beliefs about God but doesn't act in accordance with them) - you seem to be including all theists. In other words: the 'Christianity has these two main aspects thing' is good, but I don't think the two positions in the first post correspond to the two aspects of Christianity, because the terminology is a bit loose. Sorry, nitpicking is done. It reads a bit confusingly in the context of your first post - I get the concept of a ‘Christian atheist’ (essentially a person who tries to act morally/lovingly and uses Jesus’ teachings as a model, while not believing in supernatural stuff), but your definition of ‘theist’ isn’t the direct opposite - (which would be someone who claims to hold Christian beliefs about God but doesn’t act in accordance with them) - you seem to be including all theists.

In other words: the ‘Christianity has these two main aspects thing’ is good, but I don’t think the two positions in the first post correspond to the two aspects of Christianity, because the terminology is a bit loose.

Sorry, nitpicking is done.

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