When we argue with believers, inevitably the moment arrives when they scold us, as if we are daft: “But god must exist,” they say. “How else did we get here! Planets, stars and people just don’t happen by accident. There had to be a creator.” I usually reply, “If you want to argue that god…
“When I use a word,” Humpty Dumpty said, in rather a scornful tone, “it means just what I choose it to mean—neither more nor less.” – Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland A few weeks ago there was a bit of a dust-up among New York City Atheists over the use of the word ‘spiritual.’ There…