I have been reading with great interest the debate ( well, sometimes a feud! ) that’s been raging in here between the Christians and the atheists, and rather than sending a lot of comments, in which one can’t really express one’s opinions properly, I thought I’d write a post on the subject. Many words in English have a strictly literal meaning, and a widely understood colloquial one, which often departs markedly from its literal meaning; sometimes becoming endowed with an exactly opposite... Sign in to see full entry.