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You can't claim With 100 percent certainty that there aren't green fairies dancing around me right now, it doesn't make it any lesS ridiculous. Look up "the scientific principle".
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But it doesn't make either of us an atheist about fairies, either. It makes us both agnostic. Unless you also argue that you and I, when we allow for for maybe a 5-10% chance of fairies (and unicorns), are "atheists" about fairies instead of agnostics.

It's a question of consistency. And being consistent makes you agnostic, unless you're 100% sure those fairies don't exist.[/quote]

Because DH is off with DS and DD is practicing piano...

Here's a little rubric for you, to show the logical consequences of how you use the term "atheist":

- PERSON OF FAITH: 100% sure God (or fairies) exist. Includes Tea Party and other fundamentalists (and people who believe 100% in fairies).

- ATHEIST:  1% to 100% sure God doesn't exist. Includes Mother Theresa, people who currently call themselves agnostics and might be unhappy that you are relabeling them, Richard Dawkins, and all people who are 100% sure God doesn't exist and can ignore the intellectual failure of such a position. (Also, anybody who believes with less than 100% certainty in fairies is an "atheist.")[/quote]

Here's a slightly more "nuanced" version of the compulsion to relabel agnostics as atheists:

- PERSON OF FAITH: 100% sure God (or fairies) exist. Includes Tea Party and other fundamentalists (and people who believe 100% in fairies).

- AGNOSTIC: People who are 1-50% certain God exists. Includes Mother Theresa, probably Desmond Tutu (he's normal after all), most priests and bishops, and many other people who currently call themselves agnostics and might be unhappy that you're relabeling them.

- ATHEIST:  51% to 100% sure God doesn't exist. Includes the rest of the people who currently call themselves agnostics and might be unhappy that you are relabeling them, Richard Dawkins, and the handful of people who are 100% sure God doesn't exist and can ignore the intellectual failure of such a position.[/quote]

It's still ridiculous. Not to mention insulting to all the people you just relabeled without their consent.[/quote]

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