Where atheists and theists may find common ground for discussion

[Thats my opinion]

34. Very helpful re-definition of terms

Responding to your post--
There are nihilist/atheists who have responded. They are clear about the non-existence of any meaning and purpose to life. I take their statements at face value.

Now, can non-nihilistic atheists who are really secular humanists, and liberal theists find common cause? You say "no" because theists are committed to a notion of Biblical revelation as the source of morality. I wish you might be aware of what is happening in Biblical studies, and has been going on for a long time. You can only mean some evangelicals and fundamentalists--and not even all of them. I'm in the middle of what is happening in seminaries and among Biblical scholars, and I can tell you, it is not a grain of salt, but an enlightened post-Copernican methodology that is vital to what is happening.

The fact is that these two groups are making common cause all across the world--but for reasons which are obvious, DU is the last place where this might happen. There are just those heavy voices who don' want it to happen.
And that is sad.

With your permission I will send you by DU mail an article I have recently published on the subject.