(July 15, 2011 at 10:41 am)Alastor Wrote: It should be clear by now that no negativity was intended as I, cleary, am trying to withhold my own negativity. I was only attempting to state what I felt is reasonably true of someone who would assert that God does not exist.
Perhaps in the future when trying to avoid displaying negativity, you should avoid words with negative connotations.
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