(December 6, 2013 at 4:08 pm)Tonus Wrote: Interesting example. Say the future person finds this Sharpie and determines that it bears the hallmarks of deliberate design and creation. He might decide that the pen, and the entire universe besides, is the work of a powerful yet undetectable deity and begin to worship him. Seems ironic to me.
I'm not asking what you think the individual would do, I'm asking if the metaphor is an accurate portrayal of atheism.
