Thursday, February 02, 2006
Quote of Note: Steven F. Roberts
"I contend we are both atheists, I just believe
in one fewer god than you do. When you
understand why you dismiss all the other
possible gods, you will understand why I
dismiss yours."
Stephen F. Roberts, who comments,
blogblow the candle out?" And the teacher says, "If you understand where the flame came from, you will know where it went."
in one fewer god than you do. When you
understand why you dismiss all the other
possible gods, you will understand why I
dismiss yours."
Stephen F. Roberts, who comments,
...Yep, that was me. You may have seen my quote floating around the net in various places. I'm real happy others have embraced it. To the best of my knowledge, it is an original quote. If you like it, please use it.I am not advocating any form of theism or atheism. I'm intrigued by this because is a good heuristic. It reminds me of the teaching story where the student says, "Where does the flame go when you
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Interesting slip in the "when you blog the candle out". Just pointing it out not suggesting a change. I think it works on several levels.
I've both seen and used this quote and it's a good one, but cannot find any information on the web about Stephen F Roberts. Any clues/info?
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: 4/26/2007 10:35 AM
: 4/26/2007 10:35 AM
Just a hint, I'd replace 'god' with religion in the above quote, makes it applicable to hindus etc :D
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# posted by : 4/26/2007 11:10 AM
: 4/26/2007 11:10 AM
