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Old 07-09-2013, 09:41 AM   #17
Keith Larman
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Re: Religion....No Competition.

FWIW, WRT Russell's cosmic teapot.

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Bertrand Russell wrote:
If I were to suggest that between the Earth and Mars there is a china teapot revolving about the sun in an elliptical orbit, nobody would be able to disprove my assertion provided I were careful to add that the teapot is too small to be revealed even by our most powerful telescopes. But if I were to go on to say that, since my assertion cannot be disproved, it is intolerable presumption on the part of human reason to doubt it, I should rightly be thought to be talking nonsense.
Emphasis added.

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