(August 28, 2010 at 4:28 am)Existentialist Wrote: If, in thinking things through, we always have to account for even an infinitesimal possibility that some infinite god or other might pop into existence from behind a lamppost (please don't take me literally), then our thinking will be completely different from our thinking based on the certainty of gods' non-existence, which is why it is important to make the distinction.
In practise, an infintesimal probability is indistinguishable from an impossibility. No-one gives the extremely implausible any consideration in their daily life. An agnostic atheist probably behaves as though the non-existence of God is certain, because anyone who doesn't worship God must behave as though there isn't one.
'We must respect the other fellow's religion, but only in the sense and to the extent that we respect his theory that his wife is beautiful and his children smart.' H.L. Mencken
'False religion' is the ultimate tautology.
'It is just like man's vanity and impertinence to call an animal dumb because it is dumb to his dull perceptions.' Mark Twain
'I care not much for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it.' Abraham Lincoln
'False religion' is the ultimate tautology.
'It is just like man's vanity and impertinence to call an animal dumb because it is dumb to his dull perceptions.' Mark Twain
'I care not much for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it.' Abraham Lincoln
