So Have You Ever Read "The God Delusion"?

When you claim something, you have to show proof. If I came to you and said "prove that I can't fly", what would be your response? The fact that God is such a universal term and is used in so many contexts makes him seem so probable to you, but also the lack of evidence makes you wonder. It's interesting though that no one wonders anymore if Zeus, Aprodite, Ra, Ahura Mazda, etc. exist or not, although the same 'argument' can be applied. Or are you a Zeus-agnostic also?

I most certainly am Zeus agnostic. Agnosticism simply means that someone is doubtful about the existence of God. All gods in my view. In terms of proof - well prove that there isn't a God. Even Dawkins allows for a tiny percentage possibility. The simple fact is that in a secular, sceptical age, we are much more at ease questioning things that not that long ago we might have accepted. In your country's history such was the fear of the church that the Communists suppressed it in 1948. Yet still many people professed a faith and today almost 87% of the population claim to be Christians (source wikipedia). They cannot all be weak minded sheep. But it may represent a need in people to have a faith in something. I have no doubt that you can fly - you just need to have an aircraft underneath you!

Again, although I am repeating myself, I am not the one claiming God exists so I have nothing to prove. If there was even a small hint that such a being exists, I would probably reconsider, but there is no such thing. There is a small probability that I will make or receive a million bucks by the end of the year. That doesn't mean I have a million bucks. So as long as I don't have a million bucks, that million bucks does not exist for me. Although you might find this comparrison irrelevant, please don't take it as a play of words but as simple logic. In the end, I don't really care if you believe in a God or not, we could debate that for a million years to come, in my opinion it is irrelevant (and more than once I have encountered really annoying atheists and marvelous Christians). My problem is when people refute the proof that science brings regarding evolution, in favor of religious ignorance. And that is as much of a problem in Romania as it is in UK. Evolution has been entirely removed from the curriculum and in my 4 years of high school not one teacher taught us a bit about it (one teacher made a monkey referrence regarding the coccyx when we were studying the vertebral column in humans, but nothing more). In contrast to all this, religious education is taught from the first grade, and although it is optional, most parents do not know that (and don't care). Also you have to write a request to the principal for this particular subject to be removed from your programme. It should be vice-versa! It was wrong back then when religion was persecuted, but it's horrible now when the Church controls the state and it's education system.