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Paul Cari's avatar

“I do not pretend to be able to prove that there is no God."

No one can prove a negative. That's why the religious say 'I don't need proof, I have faith.'

Me, I have faith that gods of any and every persuasion do not exist.

I'll follow that until I see proof...

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Jack Mahoney's avatar

Makes one wonder why adults, who presumably have come to understand that theirs is merely one of many fiercely defended views of the cosmos, would so single-mindedly teach [insert your religion here] as truth what they know down deep to be at best conjecture.

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Brian Wilson's avatar

In my AP Language classes, which are supposed to analyze rhetorical choices and teach defending an argument, I got in trouble for teaching my boy Betrand Russell.

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