Ding Dong the Ding Dong's dead

[Bob Schroeck]

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Atheism runs from seven levels as a measure of belief; from one - strong theism; to seven no god at all. I fall into category six in that there simply is not evidence for the existence of gods. That includes be the various festive variations of the god of Abraham (Judaism, Christianity, Islam), the Norse, Greek or various asian pantheons.

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I have a particularly apt comment on this topic in my quotefile:
An atheist doesn't have to be someone who thinks he has a proof that there can't be a god. He only has to be someone who believes that the evidence on the God question is at a similar level to the evidence on the werewolf question. -- John McCarthy
Which is precisely how I feel.

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Most people do not believe in other gods, only their own. Now conceivably an atheist could be such a staunch non-believer that they ignore all the evidence however until there is evidence this remains purely speculative.

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Wasn't it Richard Dawkins who said something like, "We are all atheists about almost all the gods ever worshipped; the true atheist just goes one god further"?

-- Bob
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