Re: Objects and Relations

Gene Wirchenko wrote:
> Bob Badour <bbadour_at_pei.sympatico.ca> wrote:
>

>>paul c wrote:

>>>Nobody asked me, but I think everybody should agree to stop this thread 
>>>as it gets into matters which humans are obviously incapable of.  (Being 
>>>as religious as they seem to be, it amazes me how some posters can 
>>>persist in such arrogance, and me being rather atheistic, I think I 
>>>qualify as objective in this case.)
>>
>>As a devout lifelong atheist, I feel I have to step up and defend my 
>>irrationality here. Atheism is at least as irrational as any other 
>>religion or superstition. Some argue it is the least rational of 
>>religions because it doesn't offer the emotional crutch of promised 
>>salvation, ritual or social interaction.


> 

>      When I walk, I do not need crutches.  I do not consider my

I have no conclusions about god. I believe there is no god. I have no evidence to support my belief, and I don't need any. I simply take it on faith.

>>True objectivity demands agnosticism in the absense of empirical evidence.


> 

>      Occam's Razor: you want me to take a notion of yours seriously?

Neither am I, but I have at least one friend who is an absolute empiricist. If one asked him whether unicorns exist, he would admit "I do not know". He is extremely intelligent and very effective.

I, on the other hand, would admit I do not believe in unicorns (narwhals excepted). Received on Sun Feb 18 2007 - 13:34:51 CET