(May 10, 2011 at 6:08 pm)diffidus Wrote:(May 10, 2011 at 5:54 pm)bozo Wrote: I am an atheist because I think it is 99.9999% probable that divine beings do not exist.I am also atheist because I don't want to believe that divine beings exist nor do I want eternal life, salvation and all the other baggage that goes with that belief.
Agnostics are cowards. Agnostics know atheists are probably correct but they WANT to believe in gods' existence.
You clearly have a strong belief in Atheism and you are confident enough to give a numerical value to the probability that a God does not exist. I myself think it is unlikely that a God exists but I could not put a figure on the probability.
We are not so far apart really. Where I think my position is intellectually brave, however, is that I am prepared to accept the state of knowledge that I have without invoking any belief. This is actually an uncomfortable position to be in, not so much safe, but a dogged desire to stick with the truth. It would be much easier for me to jump into Atheism based upon belief but is this would betray the courage of my conviction - namely to consider only the facts.
You are not brave, you are clinging on to a minute possibility that what you know is highly improbable just might be. Do you WANT there to be a god?
A man is born to a virgin mother, lives, dies, comes alive again and then disappears into the clouds to become his Dad. How likely is that?
