#language
There is a word in English that I saw defined _one_ time, and cannot remember, and couldn't find the original source.
It means a person who tends to be law abiding, but not because they ascribe to any authority of law, but because they happen to be good participants in the social contract and tend to have personal ethics that mean they _happen_ to not break any laws (like, they don't lie, kill, cheat, steal, etc., just not because there's a law or punishment).
Anyone know it?
@Usama_Backhair No, a word for a kind of person that doesn't require them to follow some artificial philosopy or creed, like atheism.
It's a natural quality a person can have, rather than a joined one.
I know atheists like to believe they're better than everyone else, but that's not what I was asking.
: )
@AskTheDevil The word atheist means precisely that. It means literally "not following a set theism, including any rare theism around being "an atheist". it means "of no theology".
I'm with Frank Schaeffer: He describes himself as a "Christian Atheist" (son of the creator of the evangelical movement in America, Frances Schaeffer Sr)
and that's not to say I agree with all of his positions, but he's got a pretty good idea of how one can obtain their "North Stars" in life. IMO.
@Usama_Backhair I'm going to look up Frank Schaeffer, by the way. Thank you!
@AskTheDevil
He’s brilliant, and quite a background history.