On Wednesday, July 9, 2003, at 11:23 pm, Jon Gabriel wrote:
It is impossible to prove that God either exists or does not exist somewhere, anywhere in the universe with the exception of anecdotal examples. Therefore, both belief *and* nonbelief in God are the result of faith and not scientific principle. So, one may accurately say that both Atheists and Theists rely on faith to support their conclusions. Only agnostics do not.
It seems to me it makes more sense to be agnostic about whether woolly mammoths are extinct than about whether god(s) exist. After all, we have evidence that woolly mammoths *did* survive until relatively recently, and the world is a big place...
There is no evidence at all that god(s) exist or ever did.
So why be agnostic about that and not woolly mammoths?
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"The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd; indeed in view of the silliness of the majority of mankind, a widespread belief is more likely to be foolish than sensible."
- Bertrand Russell
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