RE: holy mackerel
Sean Draine (seandr@microsoft.com)
Tue, 20 Oct 1998 07:54:12 -0700
Alright, Jim, I'm dying to know the punch line. What irrationalities and
unfounded assumptions underlie the belief that our universe is likely empty
of any divine presence? (I'm unfamiliar with the "universal negative
proposition", at least by that name.)
-Sean
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jrovira@juno.com [mailto:jrovira@juno.com]
> Sent: Saturday, October 17, 1998 11:26 AM
> To: bananafish@lists.nyu.edu
> Subject: Re: holy mackerel
>
>
> 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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