> -----Original Message----- > From: LRS Scout [mailto:lrssc...@gmail.com] > Sent: Friday, March 06, 2009 7:11 AM > To: cf-community > Subject: RE: Christian missionary bus ads > > > I thought thtey were forced to add the probably?
Not really, but sorta - it was recommended to adapt to the (surprisingly strict) advertising code, but is also "correct" from the Atheist point of view. Although it's the popular description no "good" atheist would say there's "definitely" no God. Saying there's definitely no God is just as much a faith-based conclusion as saying there definitely IS a God. As you simply can't prove a negative like this it's reasonably, intellectually more correct to say "probably" (even "almost definitely" or "nearly certainly" - but never "definitely certainly"). It's a subtle point - one that doesn't really matter for most purposes - but an important one. Most people think "Theists know there's a God, Agnostics don't know and Atheists know there's not" when a more correct run-down might be "Theists have faith there's a God, Agnostics feel the question is unanswerable and Atheists see no evidence for a God." Actually Richard Dawkins was originally (mildly) critical of the slogan - it was too wishy-washy in his opinion, but he eventually warmed up to it: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/video/2009/jan/06/atheist-bus In any case it does make for a softer, friendlier, less-inflammatory message and I'm all for that. Jim Davis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:290744 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
