On Wednesday, July 9, 2003, at 11:27 pm, Jon Gabriel wrote:
From: William T Goodall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Killer Bs Discussion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: On the topic of atheism. Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2003 21:30:19 +0100
On Wednesday, July 9, 2003, at 05:42 pm, John D. Giorgis wrote:
-------Original Message------- From: William T Goodall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>So what does 'the Dodo is extinct' mean?
What does "the coelacanth is extinct" mean?
And what did it mean 100 years ago?
Exactly! You seem to have grasped the point.
Until someone can produce some convincing evidence (a specimen isn't necessary) then god(s) don't exist.
So we should take that on faith then?
No, it's the best available information, no faith required.
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One of the main causes of the fall of the Roman Empire was that, lacking zero, they had no way to indicate successful termination of their C programs. -- Robert Firth
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