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on the surface, an intelligible lie; underneath, the unintelligible truth.

Friendly Atheist: Russel's Teapot, or Why Simply Because you Cannot Disprove it Does Not Mean it Exists

friendlyatheist:

“If I were to suggest that between the Earth and Mars there is a china teapot revolving about the sun in an elliptical orbit, nobody would be able to disprove my assertion provided I were careful to add that the teapot is too small to be revealed even by our most powerful telescopes. But if I…