The atheist is certain the proposition of God is false. The agnostic is smart enough to realize there is a lot he doesn't know.

It could be said the atheist is extrapolating from his experience and taking a leap of faith that it extrapolates consistentyl to the very ends of existence.

I think this is a sort of hubris; but it is understandable, given some of the silly notions about God, that the atheist should firmly reject some of the more cartoonish versions -- the white bearded "man-on-a-cloud who is terribly interested in what you do with your peepee" parody of Godhood which is sometimes taught by the ignorant to the young is a kind of blasphemy, IMHO.



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