% of theists who make it to the fictional heaven: 0% -------- I do not "believe" there is no God, I'm convinced that no God or gods exist. I see not a shred of evidence to suggest that there is one. One might ask, "Isn't belief that there is not a god just as irrational, arrogant, etc. as belief that there IS a god?" No, for several reasons. First of all, I do not "believe" that there is not a God. Belief has nothing to do with it. I believe or don't believe my 4 year old daughter when she tells me she didn't make that mess on the floor. I believe in justice and fair play (though I don't know exactly how we achieve them). I don't accept the currently fashionable assertion that any view is automatically as worthy of respect as any equal and opposite view. My view is that the moon is made of rock. If someone says to me, "Well, you haven't BEEN there, have you? You haven't seen it for yourself so MY view that it is made of Wisconsin pepperjack cheese is equally valid," then I can't even be bothered to argue. The burden of proof in the case of God, as in the case of the composition of the moon, has shifted radically. God used to be the best explanation we had. But we've now got vastly better ones. God is no longer an explanation of anything but has instead become something that would itself need an insurmountable amount of explaining. So I don't think that being convinced that there is no God is as irrational or arrogant a point of view as belief that there is. The matter does not call for evenhandedness at all.
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- Comment on Atheism By Statistics (2008-04-09 11:19:59)
% of theists who make it to the fictional heaven: 0% -------- I do not "believe" there is no God, I'm convinced that no God or gods exist. I see not a shred of evidence to suggest that there is one. One might ask, "Isn't belief that there is not a god just as irrational, arrogant, etc. as belief that there IS a god?" No, for several reasons. First of all, I do not "believe" that there is not a God. Belief has nothing to do with it. I believe or don't believe my 4 year old daughter when she tells me she didn't make that mess on the floor. I believe in justice and fair play (though I don't know exactly how we achieve them). I don't accept the currently fashionable assertion that any view is automatically as worthy of respect as any equal and opposite view. My view is that the moon is made of rock. If someone says to me, "Well, you haven't BEEN there, have you? You haven't seen it for yourself so MY view that it is made of Wisconsin pepperjack cheese is equally valid," then I can't even be bothered to argue. The burden of proof in the case of God, as in the case of the composition of the moon, has shifted radically. God used to be the best explanation we had. But we've now got vastly better ones. God is no longer an explanation of anything but has instead become something that would itself need an insurmountable amount of explaining. So I don't think that being convinced that there is no God is as irrational or arrogant a point of view as belief that there is. The matter does not call for evenhandedness at all. - Comment on Large Hand (2008-03-13 00:42:29)
O Lord God, we thank you for all your wondrous designs. - Comment on Hayden Panettiere (2008-03-12 12:23:40)
Not to be a fly in the ointment, but WAY too much makeup in this particular picture. - Comment on Big Boom! (2008-03-12 02:00:55)
Actually, GW would say, "nukulur". - Comment on Another Pentagon High Resolution Picture (2008-03-11 13:20:40)
Dear Conspiracy Theory pinheads, Do you REALLY think our government is capable of keeping secrets that literally thousands of people would have known? Also, in the picture, look toward the right side, just below the yellow tape. See the half spool of wire? A HALF spool? Are you really that gullible?
