On 1 July 2014 06:53, spudboy100 via Everything List < everything-list@googlegroups.com> wrote:
> Thinking that atheism could be bad, is like believing that red hair is a > sign of the devil. Red hair, like atheism, is a difference without a > distinction. Not, on the other hand is it axiomatically, the sign of a > great mind. If Tyson is, it's of little concern, unless one is in it for > gossip. Then it becomes compelling. Was it the writer, Truman Capote who > said, "there are three great things in the world, religion, science, and > gossip." > > As for me, I am often quite envious of people who are atheists, not for > the brilliance of their thoughts, but for the cocksure, self-confidence, > and their apparent ability to be matter of fact in how they deal with the > great turbulence of the Human Condition. By the way,.this is the first time > I have use the phrase, cocksure, in a sentence. Anyway,.it's something.I > admire, unlike when they.chose to egg on the Jesus people, when the > Islamistand roll red with blood and severed body parts. This, I find > objectionable, even though I am not a Christian. But I still admire the > Atheists sureity. > Hmm, I'm not sure I admire complete certainty about non-trivial matters myself. But as Brent has explained elsewhere it's all down to semantics anyway, apparently Richard Dawkins believes there may be gods, and hence is in my terminology agnostic even as he loudly proclaims himself an atheist. But anyone married to an actor from "Doctor Who" is good in my book (well, apart from David Tennant...) -- 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 everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
