# Atheism

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**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [February 4, 2013, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atheism/649288 "2013-02-04T04:58:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![Human\_Action](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@Human\_Action](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Human_Action)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2013, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atheism/649288/257 "2013-02-05T17:50:33Z")

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> [@Czarcasm](#):
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> No, he’s got his own definitions for “rational”, “logical” and a few others.

Yep:

> [@Was It All An Accident...Or Did An Intelligent](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-it-all-an-accident-or-did-an-intelligent/647721/313):
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> I understand that most people think of logical and rational as being somewhat similar. However, for me this is not helpful.
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> I modify the terms as follows:
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> 1. What the vast majority of people believe is logical.
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> 2. What a significant minority of people believe is rational.
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> 3. What doesn’t fit into 1) and 2) above is irrational.

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