User: danH52

Shadowatcher Regarding weak versus strong atheism, your assertion that there is no such thing as weak atheism is debatable. It is all in the definition. Here is one set:

Weak atheism, also sometimes referred to as implicit atheism, is simply another name for the broadest and most general conception of atheism: the absence of belief in any gods. A weak atheist is someone who lacks theism and who does not happen to believe in the existence of any gods — no more, no less. This is also sometimes called agnostic atheism because most people who self-consciously lack belief in gods tend to do so for agnostic reasons.

Strong atheism, also sometimes referred to as explicit atheism, goes one step further and involves denying the existence of at least one god, usually multiple gods, and sometimes the possible existence of any gods at all. Strong atheism is sometimes called “gnostic atheism” because people who take this position often incorporate knowledge claims into it — that is to say, they claim to know in some fashion that certain gods or indeed all gods do not or cannot exist.

Georgina:

What is the difference between your "real" experiences and the hallucinations of a drug addict? I think you are on "Gerin Oil" - Read this: http://www.anst.uu.se/dla05000/Gerin%20Oil.html Sound like the basis for mass delusion?

She's the least popular now http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/stumper/archive/2008/09/18/more-on-palin-s-declining-favorability-rating.aspx The gloss has worn off and her true stripes are showing.

Anybody know if Palin has stated whether she believes in Noah's flood?

I hear she is going to clean up Washington by exorcising out all of the bad-bad lobbyists whith her scary witch doctor preacher friend.

The people and dinosaur thing is popular with the christian fundamentalists who, coincidentally, seem to be most numerous in the "bible belt" which mostly equates to southern red states and a few other enclaves like Colorado Springs. These fundies are seriously deranged. Just look at the "Creation Museum" in Kentucky.