Raymond wrote: "''Rejecting god is very different from not believing in god.''" Not necessarily. "Not believing in god" may be active - having heard of god and rejecting god - or it may be passive: Never having heard of god, and therefore not believing in something one has never heard of, is not "rejecting" god. Such persons were called "virtuous pagans" by Dante Alighieri in his "Divine Comedy." [[User:PaulBurnett|PaulBurnett]] 23:09, 21 May 2010 (EDT) | Raymond wrote: "''Rejecting god is very different from not believing in god.''" Not necessarily. "Not believing in god" may be active - having heard of god and rejecting god - or it may be passive: Never having heard of god, and therefore not believing in something one has never heard of, is not "rejecting" god. Such persons were called "virtuous pagans" by Dante Alighieri in his "Divine Comedy." [[User:PaulBurnett|PaulBurnett]] 23:09, 21 May 2010 (EDT) |