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cenotaphium1/20/2010 1:31:22 am PST

re: #258 ausador

Right, we will just all understand the word to be what you believe it should mean rather than it’s actually dictionary definition.

/I have this argument (agnostic or atheist) at least once a week with someone believe it or not.

Arguing from dictionary definitions is a fallacy in its own right, I think. Language is a living thing and definitions change all the time. As I thought I made clear, this is not my own pet definition, it’s quite wide-spread. That there is a confusion beyond the dictionary definition should be evidenced by you having the same argument weekly?