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Infidels,
Freethinkers, Humanists, and Unbelievers
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"An argument frequently used by believers [is] to force unbelievers
to soften their terms by accepting their opponents' definition;
"Atheist" means without a concept of God that is logically
convincing, not with proof that God does not exist."
""Atheist"
is quite clear in its meaning of "somebody without a belief
in God." It is more complex in its usage since it has often
been used to blacken anyone with the slightest doubt about the
teachings of religion."
""Agnostic"
is a much more recent word [than "atheist"], coined
by Thomas Huxley in 1869 to mean "without knowledge of God"
and acquiring the usage of "being doubtful about the existence
of God.""
--
Jim Herrick
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Jim Herrick
is a Humanist and secularist of the United Kingdom. He studied history
and English literature at Trinity College, Cambridge University,
and then worked as a school teacher for seven years. He has written
or edited several books on humanism or the history of freethought.
Herrick
is a director of the Rationalist Press Association and was editor
of its journal New Humanist for 18 years from 1984. He subsequently
became literary editor of New Humanist until his retirement in
2005. He was the recipient of the second International Rationalist
Award in the year 2002.
He
was editor of International Humanist News, published by the International
Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU). In 1996 he received the Distinguished
Humanist Service Award from the IHEU. From January 1977 until
1981, Herrick edited The Freethinker. He later wrote that publication's
centenary history. He was a founder member of the Gay and Lesbian
Humanist Association.
Herrick
is currently a vice-president of the National Secular Society.
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