(October 7, 2016 at 7:05 am)robvalue Wrote: I wouldn't say many atheist say that. I'd estimate maybe 1%, and that's a generous amount.
It doesn't make much practical difference to act as if a particular cartoon God is 99.99% fictional or 100% fictional. I do agree that making statements of certainty is not something to be encouraged. And again, it's quite different to talk about a generic creator, than talking about "this character in this book come to life".
OK, so you consider some atheists hypocrites when they make certain statements. Fair enough. I'm still not sure what that matters to anything. You still have to defend your own position, even if you think theirs suffers from similar problems.
We have to draw the line somewhere. Can we say for certain there is no Santa Claus , at least the one that delivers presents to every child on the planet in one night by flying reindeer sled?
Can we agree on that much certainty?
God thinks it's fun to confuse primates. Larsen's God!
