Comments on: Ask an Atheist – 5 Questions http://www.hergestridge.com/ask-an-atheist-5-questions-1071 kill all my demons and my angels might die too Tue, 24 Jan 2012 14:46:58 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Arthur Brash http://www.hergestridge.com/ask-an-atheist-5-questions-1071/comment-page-1#comment-666 Arthur Brash Thu, 11 Feb 2010 06:18:09 +0000 http://www.hergestridge.com/?p=1071#comment-666 I am fairly confident (and comfortable) simply stating that there is no god. However, such a direct statement is often seen as arrogant, and I try to stop such accusation in its tracks by adding a "probably" in there as a caution. It seems ridiculous to me to have to say "leprechauns _probably_ don't exist", or "pink unicorns _probably_ don't exist." For all intents and purposes, we can simply reduce it to "unicorns, leprechauns and god do not exist." With the first two, very few people take issue when such a direct statement is made - with regards to god, such direct statement often ends in accusations of arrogance. From my experience, those who defend their god by saying "you cannot disprove him" have no issue in making a very "arrogant" statement of their own, and claim that the gods of other faiths are rather silly, and of course, _they_ do not exist. Perhaps I can start skipping the "probably" when saying "god does not exist", and simply start referring this page. :) I am fairly confident (and comfortable) simply stating that there is no god. However, such a direct statement is often seen as arrogant, and I try to stop such accusation in its tracks by adding a “probably” in there as a caution.

It seems ridiculous to me to have to say “leprechauns _probably_ don’t exist”, or “pink unicorns _probably_ don’t exist.” For all intents and purposes, we can simply reduce it to “unicorns, leprechauns and god do not exist.” With the first two, very few people take issue when such a direct statement is made – with regards to god, such direct statement often ends in accusations of arrogance.

From my experience, those who defend their god by saying “you cannot disprove him” have no issue in making a very “arrogant” statement of their own, and claim that the gods of other faiths are rather silly, and of course, _they_ do not exist.

Perhaps I can start skipping the “probably” when saying “god does not exist”, and simply start referring this page. :)

]]> By: Skeptical http://www.hergestridge.com/ask-an-atheist-5-questions-1071/comment-page-1#comment-665 Skeptical Thu, 11 Feb 2010 04:21:49 +0000 http://www.hergestridge.com/?p=1071#comment-665 "Just as there probably is no god". You claim to profess a lack of belief in a god yet here you seem uncertain. Just a typo? Or do you think there could actually be some sort of god or goddess out there? “Just as there probably is no god”. You claim to profess a lack of belief in a god yet here you seem uncertain. Just a typo? Or do you think there could actually be some sort of god or goddess out there?

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