tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5736821.post113938396006994032..comments2023-08-08T04:19:26.974-07:00Comments on THE CALLADUS BLOG: Am I really an Atheist?Calladushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17620879847877868166noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5736821.post-1139609245269688282006-02-10T14:07:00.000-08:002006-02-10T14:07:00.000-08:00Yes, it does... thank you for asking. (I do mean t...Yes, it does... thank you for asking. (I do mean that as more than a formality- nice to know someone cares if it's updated or not.) :-). More soon.Scientiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09254279030002819459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5736821.post-1139534789209030062006-02-09T17:26:00.000-08:002006-02-09T17:26:00.000-08:00Hi Scientiae!Welcome back! Does this mean that yo...Hi Scientiae!<BR/>Welcome back! Does this mean that you'll be updating <A HREF="http://wickedeye.blogspot.com/" REL="nofollow">your blog</A> soon?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5736821.post-1139526390038485672006-02-09T15:06:00.000-08:002006-02-09T15:06:00.000-08:00Hi, Mark. Sorry for my long silence- I'll be email...Hi, Mark. Sorry for my long silence- I'll be emailing you back (finally) soon.<BR/><BR/>This entry is one I find hilarious; not even 2 weeks ago I found myself in a violent argument with both my younger brothers about the definition of atheism and why (as they informed me) I am not an atheist, even though (silly me!) I think I am.<BR/><BR/>The argument was a matter of definition and the strict Greek construction of the word (atheist), and its philosophical roots and definition, etc. I wound up on the "weak atheist" roll, though for a different reason than you- I cannot completely deny the existence of god(s) because to do so would be to gloss over the infinitesimal possibility that he/she/it does exist- in other words, it would be inaccurate, and thus very bad science indeed. <BR/><BR/>The most I can do is acknowledge that it is so vastly improbable that there is a god that the improbability is virtually infinite (thank you, great Douglas). Thus, because it is inaccurate to say that there is no possibility of a god, I cannot be an atheist. Or so they both claimed.<BR/><BR/>Bugger that, said I. I'm a pinko (pink unicorn woman, that is), and having the intellectual honesty to acknowledge the possibility of something as ridiculous as a deity doesn't make me less of one. But it's funny that you're posting on this just now. <BR/><BR/>And, by the way, thank you for giving me a new term with which to argue.Scientiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09254279030002819459noreply@blogger.com