On 07/05/2006, at 11:53 PM, Julia Thompson wrote:
I think "militant atheism" is a better description of the
philosophy apparently espoused by The Fool.
Certainly is.
There is no text from which to be "fundamentalist" for atheism, as
far as I know. "Militant" is a reasonably accurate adjective to
denote the passion with which this philosophy appears to be held.
Precisely.
If anyone is going to be militant regarding religious attitude, I
would prefer to engage in debate with a militant agnostic above all
other militants, personally. ("I don't know and you don't
either!" "You're right, I don't know. Let's go have some lemonade
together, OK? Unless you're allergic to citrus or something.")
*chuckle*
Of course it's possible to be both agnostic and atheist - to accept
that it's impossible to prove or disprove the existence of a deity,
while believing that there isn't one.
Charlie
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