From Alan Webb
Steven Miles says “True scientists would not accept such a major axiom [as the existence of god] without proof” (21 February,p 54). True scientists would also not accept the axiom that there is no god without proof.
True scientists might decide that “the weight of evidence suggests” a particular conclusion, but seldom does science state a certainty. True scientists are good at saying: “I don’t know.”
Miles says that agnosticism is untenable, and just shows that one is afraid of the word “atheist”. This is nonsense. Being an atheist is just as irrational as being a theist. When Miles can prove god does not exist, I’ll be an atheist. Until then, I’m with E. O. Wilson.
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