New Posts For Thread: Calling Slartybartfasthttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23446686/calling-slartybartfastSlarty, I downloaded a dodgy copy of all of Sagan's works via torrents including that book you mentioned. I'm 1/3rd of the way through it and can confirm that Sagan indeed is an atheist. He puts his views far better and more convincing than Dawking cI'm more comfortable with the agnostc label, personally. It seems to me that thinking that you don't, and possibly can't, know ultimate truth is a more logical position than stating for sure that there is no "God/gods" (whatever they are!?). But, likhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23446686/calling-slartybartfast?post_id=418650658#418650658I'm more comfortable with the agnostc label, personally. It seems to me that thinking that you don't, and possibly can't, know ultimate truth is a more logical position than stating for sure that there is no "God/gods" (whatever they are!?). But, likSat, 16 Jan 2010 07:25:32 -0600the prefix "a" has negative connotations. I prefer to refer to "theists" as suffreing from areason.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23446686/calling-slartybartfast?post_id=418650642#418650642the prefix "a" has negative connotations. I prefer to refer to "theists" as suffreing from areason.Sat, 16 Jan 2010 07:13:25 -0600The term atheist does what it says on the sin.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23446686/calling-slartybartfast?post_id=418650638#418650638The term atheist does what it says on the sin.Sat, 16 Jan 2010 07:11:36 -0600I could count myself in the agnostic camp as I ultimately don't know the answer but I'd rather call myself an atheist until I see the evidence for a higher being. You cannot sit on the fence and call yourself an agnostic, you either sway into one camhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23446686/calling-slartybartfast?post_id=418650634#418650634I could count myself in the agnostic camp as I ultimately don't know the answer but I'd rather call myself an atheist until I see the evidence for a higher being. You cannot sit on the fence and call yourself an agnostic, you either sway into one camSat, 16 Jan 2010 07:10:19 -0600huh?https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23446686/calling-slartybartfast?post_id=418650630#418650630huh?Sat, 16 Jan 2010 07:09:48 -0600Sagan was an infidel. Hope this clears things up. ;)https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23446686/calling-slartybartfast?post_id=418650626#418650626Sagan was an infidel. Hope this clears things up. ;)Sat, 16 Jan 2010 07:07:51 -0600oh you non-believer :-)https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23446686/calling-slartybartfast?post_id=418650622#418650622oh you non-believer :-)Sat, 16 Jan 2010 07:03:24 -0600I dislike the term atheist.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23446686/calling-slartybartfast?post_id=418650614#418650614I dislike the term atheist.Sat, 16 Jan 2010 07:02:06 -0600cheers, ovalI'm sure I'll read it some time but at the moment I've not got the time. I'm not stuck on him being an agnostic rather than an atheist: there is evidence of both. I think the agnosticism may have been a late development. http://www.celebahttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23446686/calling-slartybartfast?post_id=418650606#418650606cheers, ovalI'm sure I'll read it some time but at the moment I've not got the time. I'm not stuck on him being an agnostic rather than an atheist: there is evidence of both. I think the agnosticism may have been a late development. http://www.celebaSat, 16 Jan 2010 07:00:44 -0600Slarty, I downloaded a dodgy copy of all of Sagan's works via torrents including that book you mentioned. I'm 1/3rd of the way through it and can confirm that Sagan indeed is an atheist. He puts his views far better and more convincing than Dawking chttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23446686/calling-slartybartfast?post_id=418650538#418650538Slarty, I downloaded a dodgy copy of all of Sagan's works via torrents including that book you mentioned. I'm 1/3rd of the way through it and can confirm that Sagan indeed is an atheist. He puts his views far better and more convincing than Dawking cSat, 16 Jan 2010 06:35:14 -0600