On Sun, 14 Oct 2018 19:27:28 -0700 (PDT), Quadibloc
wrote:
On Sunday, October 14, 2018 at 3:37:47 PM UTC-6, Gary Harnagel
wrote:

Do I have to repeat my thesis AGAIN? That the possibility of an
ancient ET
civilization having godlike powers may quite probably exist
should cast
doubt in any honest mind that atheism is a viable position.

And I find that position bizarre and untenable. It might cast doubt
in any honest
mind that the sort-of theism with these aliens replacing God is
unviable, but it
doesn't make atheism unviable, since even if the aliens exist,
there's no reason
to think it particularly likely that they're interfering with us.

Expecting such an extraterrestrial civilization to frequently visit
the Earth would be like expecting the pope, Madonna, and other world
celebrities to frequently visit the block where you live.