Re: holy mackerel
J J R (jrovira@juno.com)
Sat, 17 Oct 1998 14:25:34 -0400 (EDT)
Yes, but when you examine the reasons why you believe the possibility of
the existence of God is infinitesimally low, you run into
irrationalities, unfounded assumptions and, in a word, something very
much resembling a religious faith :)
And that's the problem I have with atheism ;)
Jim
On Fri, 16 Oct 1998 16:25:37 -0700 Sean Draine <seandr@microsoft.com>
writes:
Why go on considering the infinite
>possibilities that have infinitesmal probabilities of being true?
>
>So, technically, maybe I'm an agnostic. But I choose to wear the
>atheist
>jersey.
>
>-Sean
>
>> I mean, just think about it. The most rational position to
>> adopt outside
>> of being an adherent to Any particular religion is to be an informed
>> agnostic--even atheism requires a good deal of faith and is based
>upon
>> propositions that are logically contradictory (look up the
>> fallacy of the universal negative proposition).
>
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