Posted by Ford [Prefect] on November 28, 1999 at 08:13:44 {hcnmikA.FkYIiNdpPK7.qjfP5TiVLk}:
In Reply to: Basic ? for Athiests posted by chappy on November 27, 1999 at 19:51:17:
1. Yes just as I believe in the possiblility of the Invisable Pink Unicorn. All things are possible very little is probable. Even less is actual
2.Yes of course. One improbabilty leads to another. It's a slippery slope.
3. I would drink a lot more. And learn to play the harp.
4. No I would be very depressed. Because in view of all the weirdness and hate in the world it would mean that we would have to take Voltaire literally when he said: "God is a comedian playing to an audience too afraid to laugh."
Hey I have an idea. Why don't you answer the same questions but in the context of NO god?
1.Yes or no: Do you believe in the possibility of NO universal, supreme Creator? Just the POSSIBILITY.
2. ASSUMING the above answer to be yes, would you believe in the POSSIBILITY that humans are or have been in the past "ignorant" of the true nature of the universe? And to help explain it to themselves have created the mythology of different forms of existence; "miracles" if you will?
3. IF you came to the conclusion of His/Her NON-existence; would your outlook on life change in a dramatic way? (I don't necessarily mean Origin of the Spieces thumping or anti-religious fanatisism.)
4. Would you "like" the idea of a NO creator?
Ford