(June 14, 2011 at 2:06 am)Stue Denim Wrote: Well an all pervasive god that does nothing is unprovable sure. At the moment all you've got is a deistic omnipresent god, agnostic atheism is the right way to approach that concept I agree. But when was the last time a theist left it at that? The more they define their god, the more attributes it has, the easier it becomes to dismiss it as illogical/impossible/inconsistent with observations, non-existent.
Ah, but if you read some of his other posts, he is not arguing that agnostic atheism is the correct path. He thinks that it is impossible to say if any god exists or not, including the Christian one, therefore you should be undecided about any deity and hold out for the possiblity that any of them could exist.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
