Thread:User talk:Armondikov/Atheist "identity"/reply (27)

The linguist in me is shivering at the "don't define a word, just avoid it" concept. Just define it, then use it as you defined it. It's how every single thing we communicate is done, every day, unless you are talking art or music. If you don't define something, then the symbolic language humans have created ceases to be effective, cause everyone is avoiding so-called "problematic" words.

Now whether or not you are an atheist is a different question. My answer depends on teh context, how deeply people care about distinctions, etc. But isn't that the way with everything?