Food for thought:

“It is philosophically impossible to be an atheist, since to be an atheist you must have infinite knowledge in order to know absolutely that there is no God. But to have infinite knowledge, you would have to be God yourself. It’s hard to be God yourself and an atheist at the same time!”

- Ron Carlson & Ed Decker, Authors, Fast Facts on False Teachings.

Note:

Of course, I don’t agree that one need to be absolutely certain there is no God in order to be an Atheist.

Absolute certainty founded on absolute knowledge of a subject is not a necessary prerequisite for one to adopt a particular philosophical outlook or world view. Ironically, it takes faith.

Interestingly, by saying the above I have both proven and disproven the premise of the quoted authors.

I love paradoxes. 

Ron Carlson, Ed Decker, Fast Facts on False Teachings

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