It's subtext seems to be simply to
wind up the religious, though. The statement is rather one of "we are right, you are wrong" (although a true atheist shouldn't really use the word 'probably' in "there is probably no god".)
Everyone else will see the message and think "Yeah, I know that already".
I can't help but think there are more important causes and that provoking people is not a good way of changing their opinions.
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monkeon schmonkeon, Tue 21 Oct 2008, 13:25,
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An atheist will say "there is probably no god"
An antitheist will say "there is no god"
Atheism is simply lack of belief.
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Zuowan, Tue 21 Oct 2008, 13:39,
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What's an agnostic, then?
I thought an atheist didn't believe and an antitheist had a problem with other people's beliefs.
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monkeon schmonkeon, Tue 21 Oct 2008, 13:46,
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Agnostics are often atheists who don't like using the word atheist because they wrongly think it entails a set of beliefs.
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Zuowan, Tue 21 Oct 2008, 14:01,
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That
doesn't define a difference between the two words, though.
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monkeon schmonkeon, Tue 21 Oct 2008, 14:41,
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An agnostic believes that it is impossible to know whether there is a God.
As for atheism, the word is a simple contruction - 'a' = without, 'theism' = belief in the existence of a god or gods.
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Zuowan, Tue 21 Oct 2008, 15:44,
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Those who do not know
Means "without knowledge" from the Greek.
Coined by Charles Darwin, I hear.
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Parmesan Quality b4 Quantity, Tue 21 Oct 2008, 20:38,
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I always thought it was...
Agnostic - "God? hmmmm, maybe"
Atheist - "God? pfffft, yea right"
Anti-theist - "God? DIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!"
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mr.dogshit The world's premier anthropomorphic canine faeces, Tue 21 Oct 2008, 14:12,
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The word "probably"
is only there to keep the ASA happy. Personally I'd say "almost certainly" but there are rules about what you can say on bus ads apparently.
www.atheistcampaign.org/probably/
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