There are several gradations, which I interleave below with some modifications. Not
believing in a teapot is important and deserves it's own word, "ateapotist. :-) And I
changed "Sun" to "Jupiter" since we're all pretty sure there a millions of teapots
orbiting the Sun.
On 7/9/2014 4:27 PM, LizR wrote:
It sounds like you are describing an agnostic. An atheist seems to be against (often
some specific collection of) gods. An agnostic just says I don't know anything about
that, and until some evidence comes up I won't consider the possibility worth discussing.
Hence
Weak Agteapotist - there could be a teapot orbiting the Jupiter, I just don't know one way
or the other.
Agteapotist - there /could/ be a teapot orbiting the Jupiter, although I consider it
highly unlikely
Strong Agteapotist - it's impossible to know or even have evidence for whether or not a
teapot orbits Jupiter.
Weak Ateapotist - I see no reason to believe a teapot orbits Jupiter, so it's not
something I believe
Ateapotist - I'm pretty sure there's no teapot orbiting Jupiter and I can give some
evidence for that.
Strong Ateapotist - there definitely isn't a teapot orbiting the Jupiter.
Sorry to re-re-re-repeat myself, as you say it's a well worn subject.
PS could it be Brent quoting Bruno?
PPS their initials are suspiciously similar. I remain ateapotist on whether they are
really the same person (but consider it highly unlikely).
BM
"People are more unwilling to give up the word 'God' than to give up the idea for which
the word has hitherto stood"
--- Bertrand Russell
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