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To: Greg or e who wrote (45716)	1/28/2014 5:18:04 AM
From: Solon	Read Replies (2) of 69300

"NO that's agnosticism, but thanks for proving yet again that you can't be honest for even a moment." No. You are being dishonest. That is ATHEISM. Agnosticism is much weaker and sits on the fence. Atheism does not sit on the fence. Agnosticism is maybe yes and maybe no with more or les equal weight. Atheism is NO...with just UNDER 100% certainty! You try to make something of the fact that atheists do not assert any absolute knowledge that there is no god. Some atheists might do just that. They are (after all) asserting an opinion. But atheists such as myself, trained in the arts and sciences, recognise that a universal negative that is not logically impossible cannot be proven. Only an all-knowing mortal could assert definitively that the imagined being we have defined as god does not exist apart from imagination. I am a mortal and I am NOT all-knowing....so I can make no such assertion. It would be dishonest to do so. And I would be voicing an opinion outside of my knowledge. Therefore, there is no evidence to support a belief in a god. And therefore (on that basis), I do not believe in any god. Can I prove my belief is comprehensive? No. It is IMPOSSIBLE to prove that anything supposed to be invisible and capable of supernatural hiding does not exist. Can't be done. I cannot even prove that unicorns (the invisible, quiet ones) do not exist. You know that I think Craig is nothing but a buffoon and a dim-witted charlatan. If that clown is your guru, then it is no wonder you use weasel arguments that waste thread time. In summation: I cannot prove to you that unicorns do not exist. But I can tell you that your assertion that they do does not impress me. And I can tell you that nothing you have ever said to support your belief in your imaginary friend has ever impressed me. Indeed, every so-called "proof" of this imaginary being turns out too be absurd. There have been thousands of "gods". They originated in fear and ignorance. They continue to exist because of fear and ignorance.

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