(May 1, 2014 at 5:37 pm)ChadWooters Wrote: Yeah well I think self professed atheists should be required to show that they know the difference between an atheist and an agnostic and don't cry and run away from the word agnostic like little dutch schoolgirls.
Here's the difference:
An atheist and an agnostic are applying for the same job as a mathematics instructor. The interviewer tells them, 'We have just the one question...what is 16% of 1000?'
The atheist answers first and says, 'I'm 99% confident that the answer is 160. I've never seen evidence nor heard arguments that the answer is anything BUT 160, but I suppose it could just barely be possible that some new discovery in the future would change my mind.'
The agnostic thinks for a moment and says, '16% of 1000. Hmm...what would you LIKE it to be?'
Boru
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