andrel wrote:
> On 1-8-2009 16:16, David H. Burns wrote:
>> Probably, but how real are their fears. There are certainly a lot of 
>> "practicing atheists"
>> (i.e people who live as if they believed nothing) 
> 
> I strongly object to that. Atheists believe (i.e. know) that no God 
> exists. You do have people who believe nothing, but they are not 
> referred to as atheists nor agnostics for that matter.
Wouldn't even go that far for most of us. But, depends on your 
definition of "believe". If you mean, in the sense, that "I believe 
there is almost no chance I will spontaneously win the Australian 
lottery.", you are likely correct. I have no idea "if" such a thing 
exists, and even if it did, it would be hard to win, given that I don't 
live there, and haven't bought a ticket. If it does, then... there is a 
idiotically slim chance that someone might drop the winning ticket in 
front of me, in the parking lot, at work, because they happened to be 
visiting, while on vacation. Now, if you where to ask, "What are the 
odds of you winning the Lilliputian lotto?", then I would say *zero*, 
since Lilliput is a made up part of a silly book, and is in no way, 
shape, or form, part of the real world. I.e., could there be a god? I 
have no idea, but I place the odds very low, given the general lack of 
any evidence, and the fact that everything that is presented as such is 
better explained by something else. Does any "specific" god, as 
described in someone's theology exist? Absolutely *not*, for the same 
reasons.

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