[ExI] atheism

John Clark jonkc at bellsouth.net
Sat Dec 12 13:27:13 UTC 2009


On Dec 11, 2009, at 1:42 PM, Mirco Romanato wrote:

> Even if the chance to be real is only 0.00000000000000000000000001%
> It don't make it unreal, only improbable. Atheists make the error to believe that something very improbable is impossible. Given they are not able to prove their claim, their claim is based on faith. I never see an atheist claim that the existence of god is improbable.

You can't, or at least shouldn't, be absolutely certain about anything (I think) therefore if it is inappropriate to use the word "atheist" it is also inappropriate to utter any simple declarative sentence about anything because there is a chance, however unlikely, that you could be wrong.

> I never see an atheist claim that the existence of god is improbable. 

Then you lead a very sheltered life.

 John K Clark
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