And Now From Our What Were They Thinking Department

[Hangtime]

First, I was educated as a christian. After some eye opening experiences as a youth I found I was obliged to become an atheist.

Tiring in my old age of the target pasted on my back that true atheism necessarily implies I modified my position a tad and adopted agnosticisim.

This allows me to use far less bandwidth in my replies to papist, anglican and other sundry religious fanatics that happily post long and involved verses of script and impassioned arguments of fuzzy logic resplendent with footnoted articles of faith and reason.

"Really? How very exciting for you... but surely you won't mind terribly if I require tangible proof?"

[midnight Target]

Originally posted by Widewing

No one cannot prove God doesn't exist.

My regards,

Widewing

Now that bears repeating

[Chairboy]

Let me get this right, do you guys really think we're gonna settle the millenia old questions as to whether or not God exists?

Or is this just going to turn into some sort of good ol' boy circle-, uh, "talk" where you all spend time congratulating yourselves on how great you are and how dumb the atheist is?

I suspect the latter, but if the former, then you have pretty high opinions of yourselves and the medium.

With respect.

[Hangtime]

Chair, the normal course of events in the athiest/religious debate usually ends with the athiest annoyed and the religionist smugly holding (in his mind) the 'moral high ground'.

So much more effective to just head it all off at the pass with a polite but insistent request for proof of concept.

Something so basic that even a churchgoing CEO would require it before vesting shareholder intrest in any product.

Bear in mind that being an agnostic also implies respect for the religionists views, it's not in the vested intrest of agnostics to disbelieve anything. One man's religion is anothers belly laugh... the diffrence between a god and an illusionist is venue and time stamp.

Proof.

Simple; really.

[Leslie]

I don't think you're dumb Chairboy.  Anyone who likes rockets and builds them, or has a brother or close relative who does or did in the past has a love or respect for science.

Rocket science leaves no room for mistakes.  So cut some slack yourself.  We ain't talking about science here.  Just everyday life.

Take it easy.







Les

[GRUNHERZ]

Liberals:

Please ship me all your offending unconsitutional, god tainted American money immediately.

Thank you!