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Today's Atheist Meme of the Day:
We can acknowledge that something is hypothetically possible, and still reject it in any practical sense if it's implausible, unsupported by any good evidence, and inconsistent with what we know about the world. Including God or the supernatural. Pass it on: if we say it enough times to enough people, it may get through.
It may be theoretically *possible* that all the oxygen molecules in this room right now could spontaneously decide to move into my empty cup. According to the laws of physics, it's possible, but it's also so incredibly unlikely that it does not serve any purpose for me to account for the possibility as a probability. There is no need whatsoever for me to behave in a fashion that accommodates this possibility. I can reject this scenario as unlikely and be pretty damn safe about my rejection without requiring that I dismiss it's *possibility*.
The chances of it happening are so close to zero that we can safely behave as though it is zero.
The chances of a supernatural being existing are so close to zero that we can safely behave as though it is zero.
The chances of many so-far defined supernatural beings existing are *actually* zero because of their inherent contradictions in the definition.
We can acknowledge that something is hypothetically possible, and still reject it in any practical sense if it's implausible, unsupported by any good evidence, and inconsistent with what we know about the world. Including God or the supernatural. Pass it on: if we say it enough times to enough people, it may get through.
It may be theoretically *possible* that all the oxygen molecules in this room right now could spontaneously decide to move into my empty cup. According to the laws of physics, it's possible, but it's also so incredibly unlikely that it does not serve any purpose for me to account for the possibility as a probability. There is no need whatsoever for me to behave in a fashion that accommodates this possibility. I can reject this scenario as unlikely and be pretty damn safe about my rejection without requiring that I dismiss it's *possibility*.
The chances of it happening are so close to zero that we can safely behave as though it is zero.
The chances of a supernatural being existing are so close to zero that we can safely behave as though it is zero.
The chances of many so-far defined supernatural beings existing are *actually* zero because of their inherent contradictions in the definition.
