Dangerous? Moi?

[elfs]

A hearty "fuck you" to Ron Sims, our Democratic gubernatorial candidate, who last night during a debate, in answer to the question "Would you appoint an atheist to office?" said, "Anyone who does not hold a belief in a higher authority is a very dangerous person."

Sad. Politically expedient, but sad.

Comments

[elfs.livejournal.com]

They're not equivalent, as one a lack of belief due to a lack of evidence, and the other takes that lack of evidence as reason to believe in something. The latter might be satisfying, but it's not philosophically valid. I might even challenge it.

On the other hand, I'm a metaphysical naturalist-- all of the regular properties of the universe have underlying, simple properties, until we get to some sort of foundation; I have no reason to believe that there exists an ultimacomplex superbeing with interest in and influence over the universe. Saying, "there is no god" is automatically conclusive from that premise.

[sarekofvulcan.livejournal.com]

Ok, I can generate a match with that terminology. :-)
Thanks for bearing with me.