Think about it. I think that what most people who reject the appellation “Atheist,” seem to want is the luxury of having the intellectual satisfaction of not believing in absurdities, along with the emotional comfort of protecting their image among those who might matter, and most importantly, they want to have an insurance policy against some god’s wrath.
A former professor emeritus at State University of New York and an ex-editorial assistant at American Atheists magazine. He used to reside in Eugene, Oregon, with Jeanne Gaudia, his wife until she passed away in 2015, and he on April 2021. He was an amateur astronomer and still used to play handball at the time of writing this article in 2015.
Blaise Pascal said it best in what is known as “Pascal’s Wager” when he advocated: “Let us weigh the gain and the loss in wagering that God is . . . If you gain, you gain all; if you lose, you lose nothing. Wager, then, without hesitation that He is.” To which I add, “and call yourself a deist, or better yet, an agnostic." Published posthumously in memory of Gil Gaudia, Ph.D., Orginally written in 2009. Available to read online at: https://www.fadew.eu.org/2021/12/is-deist-or-agnosticmore-pc-than.html
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