(February 4, 2013 at 11:16 pm)catfish Wrote:(February 4, 2013 at 11:03 pm)Esquilax Wrote: Mhmm, you keep an open mind, that's right. But you can't base your worldview on the possibility of things existing. Never be afraid to change your views to fit reality, but always make sure your views do fit reality as it is currently known.
My worldview isn't asserting that unicorns exist. My worldview is simply not denying the possibility.
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Then you are a unicorn atheist.
This is EXACTLY the atheist stand on god. We assert that we do not believe god exists but we do not deny the possibility.
There is a possibility that anything you can imagine is possible.The problem here is that possibility and likelihood are two very different things. All current evidence point to the likelihood that neither god nor unicorns exist. However, that does not mean their existence is not possible.
"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe." -Einstein