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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Dawkins calls himself a "De Facto Atheist" (level 6) instead of a "Strict Atheist" (level 7). Then he goes into some stuff about how level 6 is "temporary agnostic" or something.

Bottom line, though, "de facto" means "not exactly" as opposed to "de jure" which means by law, i.e. an actual atheist.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_facto

After all the semantics, it basically means he's agnostic.[/quote]

True, but the semantics are important. That's why the FSM example is critical. Theists want to see Dawkins' self-identification as evidence that "even the most committed atheists aren't sure", but Dawkins is as sure there's no God as he is that there's no Flying Spaghetti Monster. Or Poseidon. They are all equally likely. This is an important and very relevant distinction. It's also one that many (not all) theists are quick to flag as "ridicule" or "ranting", when in fact they're nothing of the sort. They're a good-faith attempt to have an adult conversation.[/quote]

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