(September 3, 2012 at 1:54 pm)greneknight Wrote: I used to have a lot of difficulty with this when I read Dawkins on it but I find it very helpful when I use the analogy of fairies. We don't assert there are no fairies. We just haven't got a belief in their existence. Just like the pink unicorn with black polka dots. We don't assert its non-existence. We just have no belief in the pink unicorn with black polka dots. I think the unicorn analogy makes it clearer.
Hey ib.me.ub, this 13 year old Anglican guy got the point.
Pixies, mermaids, unicorns, pegasus, and other mythical creatures. Do you believe they exist? Do you believe they don't exist, or do you refuse to believe they exist?
As in: I have no idea if mermaids exist or not, but ,since there's no evidence of their existence, I assume they don't. I do not believe they exist.
And your point of view (it's close, I admit, but not the same): I believe mermaids don't exist. There's no such thing and anyone who says they exist is of course lying.
