Since I love reminding positive atheists that every philosophy is predicated on at least one axiom, and thus rests on a foundation of "faith" in the general sense of the word. Usually I reference Euclids axiom that through any two points one and only one straight line can be drawn, or the faith we have in the scientific methods ability to reproduce the same results under the same conditions. Both these principles are so obvious they require no proof, which is fortunate, since none, to date, has been found.
There are non-Euclidean geometries as well
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e^(πi)+1=0
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I am the Demon of Delightfulness and Sinister Smirkings!
e^(πi)+1=0
identity named after the Terry Pratchett of 18th century mathematics
It's quite scary to think...
- 19/11/2010 05:40:41 AM
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This is why one reads more than one thing on a subject before coming to a conclusion on it. *NM*
- 19/11/2010 05:49:12 AM
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They do say that knowledge begins with faith.
- 19/11/2010 10:58:53 AM
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Clearly you haven't been reading enough of my posts. 
- 19/11/2010 03:27:31 PM
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- 19/11/2010 03:27:31 PM
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It might be obvious but it's not always true
- 19/11/2010 05:18:18 PM
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I know, but I can't think of any concrete examples in normal space.
- 19/11/2010 05:42:18 PM
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Re: We are all Bertrand Russell's chickens, but most don't know it. *NM*
- 19/11/2010 11:57:43 AM
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