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A question addressed to professor Dawkins
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RE: A question addressed to professor Dawkins
I'll be honest, I had trouble reading your post. Did you cut and paste this from somewhere? It's formatted oddly.

We say "almost certainly" to remain logically consistent. We can't say for certain there exists no God like was can say for certain there exists humankind because it is a logical fallacy to declare something does not exist. There's no way to prove this, we can only make decisions based on evidence. This shouldn't be considered a weak argument. Think of Russell's Teapot. I am almost certain it does not exist, but can never say with 100% certainty that it doesn't.

For all intents and purposes, it means there is not God, no Russell's Teapot, and no (gasp!) Flying Spaghetti Monster.
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A question addressed to professor Dawkins - by josef rosenkranz - September 21, 2008 at 3:20 pm
RE: A question addressed to professor Dawkins - by Meatball - September 22, 2008 at 10:56 pm
RE: A question addressed to professor Dawkins - by StewartP - September 23, 2008 at 6:09 am
RE: A question addressed to professor Dawkins - by Ace Otana - September 23, 2008 at 7:30 am
RE: A question addressed to professor Dawkins - by Tiberius - September 23, 2008 at 8:24 pm
RE: A question addressed to professor Dawkins - by Edwardo Piet - September 23, 2008 at 9:44 pm
RE: A question addressed to professor Dawkins - by Tiberius - September 24, 2008 at 1:13 pm
RE: A question addressed to professor Dawkins - by Alan - September 25, 2008 at 5:51 am
RE: A question addressed to professor Dawkins - by StewartP - September 25, 2008 at 3:47 pm
RE: A question addressed to professor Dawkins - by Alan - September 25, 2008 at 6:23 pm
RE: A question addressed to professor Dawkins - by starbucks - September 26, 2008 at 12:14 pm
RE: A question addressed to professor Dawkins - by Alan - September 27, 2008 at 7:43 am
RE: A question addressed to professor Dawkins - by Alan - September 27, 2008 at 2:18 pm
RE: A question addressed to professor Dawkins - by Giff - September 29, 2008 at 12:13 pm
RE: A question addressed to professor Dawkins - by Darwinian - September 29, 2008 at 1:54 pm
RE: A question addressed to professor Dawkins - by Alan - September 30, 2008 at 5:08 am
RE: A question addressed to professor Dawkins - by Edwardo Piet - September 30, 2008 at 8:43 am

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