From: garym@mcgath.com   
      
   On 8/10/25 3:24 PM, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:   
   > In article <107ac24$1vbbm$1@dont-email.me>,   
   > Gary McGath   wrote:   
      
   > I don't know whether or not the existence of one or more deities   
   > can be resolved.  I do know that, at least to my satisfaction, that   
   > it has not been.  To date, despite great efforts by many people   
   > over many centuries, there is a profound lack of evidence or   
   > demonstration FOR the existence of a god or gods.  So far, this   
   > makes the probability of such existence extremely low, so--at   
   > present--my default position is that god(s) do not exist.   
   >   
   > So....you tell me.  Does that make me an atheist or an   
   > agnostic...or some fuzzy state in between the two that has not   
   > yet had a quantum collapse?   
      
   Both. You say you don't know whether the question can be resolved.   
   That's the agnostic position. You also say your default position is that   
   god(s) do not exist. That's the atheist position. The two aren't   
   mutually exclusive.   
   >   
   > As for death...  In the specific instance, I would never have   
   > experienced dying.   
      
   Sounds to me like the best way to die, given that we have to.   
      
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   Gary McGath    http://www.mcgath.com   
      
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