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Originally Posted by innerSpaceman
Actually, I think Alex himself was a little stuck on the word "athiest," when the sentiment of the quote more likely was appropos of the term "agnostic." But people often say one when they mean the other, and so I'm not one to quibble between the two.
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To me, saying atheist when you mean agnostic (or in this situation the guy probably means something even less godless than agnostic implies) is about the same as saying tomato when you mean potato. They sound similar but they're really not.
So yes, I may be a bit stuck on the word choice.