{"id":3533,"date":"2007-10-07T17:10:00","date_gmt":"2007-10-07T17:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2007\/10\/atheism-defined.html"},"modified":"2007-10-07T17:10:00","modified_gmt":"2007-10-07T17:10:00","slug":"atheism-defined","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2007\/10\/atheism-defined.html","title":{"rendered":"Atheism Defined?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.myconfinedspace.com\/2007\/10\/06\/atheism-makes-perfect-sense\/atheism\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"https:\/\/bp1.blogger.com\/_9hubYXH-8CA\/RwlFx4EvMhI\/AAAAAAAAARw\/2VOsRA03Hfw\/s320\/atheism+defined.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5118699174651441682\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>(<a href=\"http:\/\/friendlyatheist.com\/2007\/10\/06\/i-think-im-offended\/\">via<\/a>)BTW, the comments to <a href=\"http:\/\/friendlyatheist.com\/2007\/10\/06\/i-think-im-offended\/\">this post<\/a> are pretty funny.  The atheists are objecting to the word &#8220;magically&#8221; but what other word fits for a belief that the world suddenly came into existence without the benefit of a Creator.  I especially liked the comment by the guy who said that &#8220;Time, in mass quantities of course&#8221; was the answer.  Um, how many years do you think it would take to create something from nothing?<span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Update<\/span>: This seemed appropriate:<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><object width=\"425\" height=\"350\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/VIDoriSz1sU\"><\/param><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/VIDoriSz1sU\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" wmode=\"transparent\" width=\"425\" height=\"350\"><\/embed><\/object><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(via)BTW, the comments to this post are pretty funny. 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I especially liked the comment by the guy who said that &#8220;Time, in mass quantities of course&#8221;&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":307,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[89,11],"class_list":["post-3533","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-life-under-the-sun","tag-atheism","tag-religion"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Atheism Defined? - Reformed Chicks Blabbing<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2007\/10\/atheism-defined.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Atheism Defined? - Reformed Chicks Blabbing\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"(via)BTW, the comments to this post are pretty funny. 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