(June 19, 2011 at 10:47 pm)chatpilot Wrote:(June 19, 2011 at 9:21 pm)DaveD Wrote:(June 19, 2011 at 9:07 pm)chatpilot Wrote: So just because you cannot prove the nonexistence of God you are not an atheist? Damn, you are right! You are an agnostic!! I am an atheist and just because I cannot disprove the nonexistence of God is not in my mind reason enough for giving him the shadow of a doubt based on ancient lore and myths. If that were the case then I would have to give Santa Clause, the Easter Bunny, and every other mythical creature the same chance. Just keeping it real as well.
Was this a reply to my post? Because if it is I should probably emphasise that I used to call myself agnostic but now hold the same position you describe. I've also looked into the matter more deeply in recent years and see even less reason to give supernatural entities any credence.
Actually, I was replying to Castles post Dave. He claims that he is keeping it real by not making a definite choice regarding his position about the existence of God. He bases it on his inability to prove that God does not exist.
As far as Coke up Santa and the Diabetes Bunny, even my daughter did not buy into such crap. Mystical creature can give interesting message metaphorically speaking. I can show some creature in the jungle and in the sea you may wonder if they are real. As far as God, I don't want to get off topic too much on this thread, from the list of atheism
