Posted by YC (142.165.32.209) on November 21, 2000 at 13:40:57:
In Reply to: the rest of the quote posted by unit3 on November 21, 2000 at 09:15:46:
Yes the rest of the story is nice but it still does not change the fact that you are not born an atheist.
YC
: : : Right, and much like an atheist, some people in this world just choose to believe they have no ass.
: : What??? That is a poor comparison. It's pretty easy to prove that you have an ass, try and prove that there is a god.
: Hear hear. Anyway, you should've posted the rest of the quote (it was a quote from a Slashdot post I read, not something I said, so keep that in mind). Here's the whole thing:
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: > originally an athiest
: We are all originally atheists. Newborns have no knowledge of or belief in god[s].
: > After all, if you are willing to believe God created life on earth, why wouldn't He create it other places as well?
: My big concern is that if you're capable of believing that god created life on earth, what aren't you capable of believing? The "all powerful" creature that works in "ways that cannot be understood" is a monsterous monkeywrench in critical thinking. There are people who believe the earth is hollow. If you believe in the all-pwerful/not-understandable god, you have no basis to disbelieve or be skeptical of the hollow-earthists. The supreme and incomprehensible being could easily hollow the earth out. Go and look, see the earth isn't hollow. But it could have been filled in seconds before you looked and hollowed out again as soon as you turn your back. Or it's non-hollowness could be an illusion. With an omnipotent/incomprehensible god it's as equally probable as any other possibility.
: Everything becomes arbitrary, subject to the whims of an omnipotent and incomprehensible force. Anything is possible and even your senses cannot be trusted (an omnipotent being could spoof your senses surely). The laws of physics could change tomorrow, pi could be rounded down to three...
: If you believe the Bible, you believe nothing..