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: Isn't that essentially trying to "disprove" God? [[User:Philip J. Rayment|Philip J. Rayment]] 11:32, 23 April 2008 (EDT)
: Isn't that essentially trying to "disprove" God? [[User:Philip J. Rayment|Philip J. Rayment]] 11:32, 23 April 2008 (EDT)
::No, not the same thing. Good point, AtheistJohn. Dawkins is very careful to say that he offers no proof that god does not exist. He only says that the existence of a god or gods is extremely unlikely. I hesitate to change the opening sentence of the article (I suspect it would be instantly reverted!), but I propose "The God Delusion is a book by the atheist Richard Dawkins, in which he attempts to prove that the existence of God is extremely unlikely." [[User:Humblpi|Humblpi]] 13:05, 23 April 2008 (EDT)
::No, not the same thing. Good point, AtheistJohn. Dawkins is very careful to say that he offers no proof that god does not exist. He only says that the existence of a god or gods is extremely unlikely. I hesitate to change the opening sentence of the article (I suspect it would be instantly reverted!), but I propose "The God Delusion is a book by the atheist Richard Dawkins, in which he attempts to prove that the existence of God is extremely unlikely." [[User:Humblpi|Humblpi]] 13:05, 23 April 2008 (EDT)
:::In "[[Expelled]]" he hedges his bets, estimated the likelihood of no God between 50% and around 98%. --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] <sup>[[User talk:Ed Poor|Talk]]</sup> 13:09, 23 April 2008 (EDT)