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DanneSandin on 11 February 2013
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Andrespetmonkey said:
DanneSandin said:

How can anybody be a DEVOUT atheist? that sounds pretty stupid... atheism is all but devoution

Well, to be fair it's very possible to be a devout atheist, in a sense.

Adjective
  1. Having or showing deep religious feeling or commitment.
  2. Totally committed to a cause or belief.

but the phrase "devout atheist" gets thrown around very liberally by some people. I've never encountered anyone IRL or otherwise that I would describe as a "devout atheist". I would describe hardly any religious people as "devout" in their religious beliefs either... it's a very strong word.

Yeah, come to think about it I guess Richard Dawkins and Cristopher Hitchen is/was devouted atheists...



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