Isaac Asimov on Security Theatre.

Re:Isaac Asimov on Security Theatre. by Fargren on Tuesday October 04, 2011 @11:22PM (#3074030)

That isn't what atheism is, or at least that isn't what most English-speaking people who describe themselves as atheist mean by it. Western atheists think the existence of any deities is unproven; it is not supported by the evidence.

That's not atheism, that's agnosticism.

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Re:Isaac Asimov on Security Theatre. by burgerbrain on Wednesday October 05, 2011 @01:05AM (#3074308)

Ponder the following: I'm agnostic in the same way I'm 'agnostic' about the existence of unicorns.

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Re:Isaac Asimov on Security Theatre. by derleth on Tuesday October 04, 2011 @11:48PM (#3074101)

Agnosticism is a faith claim: It's claiming that we can never know anything about a deity.

I'm an atheist. I say the existence of a deity is both unproven and highly unlikely given the current evidence.

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Re:Isaac Asimov on Security Theatre. by nodata on Wednesday October 05, 2011 @08:26AM (#3075283)

.. and until the time that it is otherwise proven, an atheist doesn't believe in a deity.

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Re:Isaac Asimov on Security Theatre. by wnight on Wednesday October 05, 2011 @09:28PM (#3078601)

There is of course, a huge difference between not believing in something and believing that it must not be.

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