To the tune of ‘Don’t Let’s Be Beastly to the Germans‘ by Noel Coward Don’t let’s be beastly to the theists,Don’t let’s be rude about their faith.Though they believe in Providence,Without a shred of evidenceWe know their hearts are in the rightish plaith. Don’t be insulting towards Islam,Don’t treat the Moslem with disdain.Insist that he’s terrific,And astonishingly …
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How can atheists know there is no creator when it is unknown what happened before the “big bang”? Wouldn’t it be more logical to label themselves agnostic?
We don’t know if fairies caused the Big Bang. We don’t know if leprechauns caused the Big Bang. We don’t know if unicorns caused the Big Bang. We don’t know if gods caused the Big Bang. Any one of these possibilities is supported by exactly the same evidence as the others—none at all. Just because …
I am not an agnostic, because I understand what ‘know’ means
My claim to be a strong atheist, and to know that no gods exist, is founded on my understanding — as an educated and fluent speaker and writer of English — of the way that the word ‘know’ is used in ordinary English speech and writing. This allows me to make claims like the following, …
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How can I convince an agnostic to believe in God?
If you want to convince someone that a certain person exists, then the simplest and most obvious thing to do is to produce that person. If theists can produce their gods, in person and in public, have them demonstrate their powers, answer questions, and make themselves available for further discussion by email or some other means, …
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Why aren’t atheists agnostics if they haven’t proven the non-existence of God?
The non-existence of any gods can be proven to the same extent and in the same way as the non-existence of mammoths in the modern world, the non-existence of a second moon orbiting the earth, and the non-existence of a giant irradiated marine lizard currently attacking Japanese cities. If you don’t believe in any of …
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