Oh yeah, unfortunately it's a massive thing. Though, it's a massive thing outside atheist circles, so maybe it's not an atheism thing, it's a society thing, ad atheism just change the aesthetic slightly.
Eh, this is an old argument that crops up every now and then. I don't see either interpretation of the phrase "I don't believe in X" to necessarily be invalid, despite being rather differen.
I said I wasn't interested in debating the definition of needy from the start...
That's a horrible definition of what needy is as all kids can't afford food because they don't work and that also allows parents to totally use income for other things and say they can't afford food. Hence why I didn't want to debate that with anyone here because you're definitions would be ridiculous.
...and then used a specific, circular definition that automatically excludes anyone who doesn't already get food.
You specifically argued that "religion has always been about belief". I showed you etymology stating it is not where that word comes from. You might have half a leg to stand on if you hadn't said always, but as is tradition, you make sure to exaggerate all claims just enough to be explicitly wrong.
It's not political amnesia, it's an unreliable source of information. Lee Atwater was born in 1951, he was at most 30 when giving that interview. He was still in primary school when Nixon was running for president. His argument in that interview was that southern politics was all about racism before he was involved, but not him. If you read that interview, you read him saying they were the first generation of southerners that wasn't racist.
Wow, you're so close to getting it, that it's kind of amazing that you don't get it at all.
No one "knows" if god exists, as there is no evidence for the existence of god. All belief in a god is just that, belief, based on faith.
Yes: you showed etymology of a word. Which isn't definition.
Just using what the government refers to as needy, I don't care if the government technically doesn't define it as it's defined the qualifications of the NSLP.. Funny how ya'll make such a big deal out of ending this pandemic era policy but totally wouldn't speak out about the closure of schools for 18 months that massively harmed students. It's as if you only get outraged when it agrees with your narrative vs the actual benefit/harm of real people.
It's funny how big of a deal you make about whole milk, but don't care about children not getting actual food.
I don't find reverting to pre-pandemic policy some massive issue. I don't think kids not getting food was some massive issue in 2019 for example (not that it can't be improved). You only upset about it because it's something republicans are doing vs when democrats massively harmed kids that still going to be a lasting effect for their whole lives but since that's your team, you're mum on that issue.
Do you genuinely not see how this is circular reasoning? If we follow your approach here, then nothing is an issue in society so long as a law exists to address it. Nobody is in need of medicine, or food, or shelter; discrimination, inequality and crime do not impact anyone... because laws exist that address them, and those laws determine who needs them!
Many people are that arrogant, and they want you to think they are like you.
There's a real philosophical question about whether a man-made entity can predate the word to describe it, but more important than that, you're systematically rationalizing away any avenue of criticism. I can't tell you what the word means, cause that's just what some people now want you to think. I can't show you the word has always meant that, because it doesn't matter what it used to mean. Shall I go down every definition google presents?
Hey its the Catholics who burned them at the stake rather than the other way around.
1. You keep insisting that these are just reversals of pre-pandemic policies. They aren't. I've posted examples of changes the Republicans are making to policies that have been around since the 60s.
Well now that just sounds like projecting.
I'm not assuming anything, I can read the way Agema responded to this topic.
1. He was 30 when he gave that interview
