RE: Why is 'god' a possibility?
September 18, 2012 at 3:22 am
(This post was last modified: September 18, 2012 at 3:27 am by genkaus.)
(September 17, 2012 at 7:56 pm)IATIA Wrote: Do you believe in an afterlife? if so, by what power?
I don't.
(September 17, 2012 at 7:56 pm)IATIA Wrote: We obviously have the 'now'. It is just a question of what is it?
Actually, in the context of nihilism, that we "obviously" have now would be an illusion.
(September 17, 2012 at 10:41 pm)FallentoReason Wrote: I guess that's what I'm getting at with the OP. Why can't you say for certain GOD does not exist? You know where the concept came from, you know why the concept doesn't fly, so how is it rational to think these primitive people were actually onto something?
Is it rational for me to be agnostic towards the existence of Dr. Who?
Actually, yes, within the context of modern science, it is rational for you to be agnostic towards the existence of Dr Who.
That's one of the things about modern atheism that I find particularly annoying - the consistent denial of certainty.
