For me, your analogy (which has been heard before of course) is simple to satisfy. The Peoples Republic of China, upon hearing John Clark's philosophical challenge, and diverts its lunar rover to the planet Uranus. All this to the chagrin of Mr. Clark, who yell's "Not fair!" Never the less, the space probe deposits a Ming dynasty teapot into lagrangian orbit. Clark's screams, and condition satisfied.
Here's another way looking at things, to Mr. Aquinas's displeasure. There are many minds in the Hubble Volume, one of them is God, and it is the smartest and oldest mind. In fact this mind, developed the universe into a place that is occasionally fit for types of life, one of them carbon-water life. Say hello to God, Mr. Clark. Or to quote, Richard Dawkins, "Yes, I can imagine there are god-like intelligences in the universe." Atheist, Agnostic, Believer? Sure. All three. "Keaton always said, "I don't believe in God, but I'm afraid of him." Well I believe in God, and the only thing that scares me is Keyser Soze". -Verbal Kint Concerning the existence of a china teapot in orbit around the planet Uranus, are you a teapot atheist or agnostic? Technically I guess I'd have to say I'm a teapot agnostic but in this case the difference between the 2 words is so small it's not worth talking about. And I found another short video by Tyson that I like better: -----Original Message----- From: John Clark <[email protected]> To: everything-list <[email protected]> Sent: Wed, Jun 25, 2014 12:23 pm Subject: Re: Tyson is not atheist (was Re: So, a new kind of non-boolean, non-digital, computer architecture On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 10:36 AM, Bruno Marchal <[email protected]> wrote: > In Brussels, the atheists claims that agnostics are atheists, but this can > only create a confusion. Concerning the existence of a china teapot in orbit around the planet Uranus, are you a teapot atheist or agnostic? Technically I guess I'd have to say I'm a teapot agnostic but in this case the difference between the 2 words is so small it's not worth talking about. And I found another short video by Tyson that I like better: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5dSyT50Cs8 John K Clark -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
