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A Tribute To Christopher Hitchens - The Anti-Theist
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RE: A Tribute To Christopher Hitchens - The Anti-Theist
July 2, 2012 at 7:02 pm (This post was last modified: July 2, 2012 at 7:05 pm by Anomalocaris.)
(July 2, 2012 at 1:55 am)FallentoReason Wrote:
zgregz Wrote:he said that a person "could be an atheist and wish that belief in external gods were correct", but that "an antitheist, a term I'm trying to get into circulation, is someone who is relieved that there's no evidence for such an assertion."

Huh? How can you wish gods existed but at the same time be relieved the evidence doesn't exist?

Yes, just as I can wish dragons exist, but am relieves that our scientific understanding of biology that precludes fire breathing, but upon which my health and life may also one day depend, is correct.
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