3 definitions by Josh V
The stance arrived at when one extends the same incredulity to all religions equally, instead of being able to arbitrarily put blind faith into one.
Atheism is not an outright rejection of the possibility of deity, or an immature rebellion against god. Atheism is simply an unwillingness to accept any obviously ridiculous dogmas (like believing in a loving, intelligent god who sends people to hell for arbitrarily selecting the wrong set of beliefs) concerning the unknowable until presented with a reason to do so.
Atheism is not an outright rejection of the possibility of deity, or an immature rebellion against god. Atheism is simply an unwillingness to accept any obviously ridiculous dogmas (like believing in a loving, intelligent god who sends people to hell for arbitrarily selecting the wrong set of beliefs) concerning the unknowable until presented with a reason to do so.
"Atheism is nothing more than the noises reasonable people make when in the presence of religious dogma." - Sam Harris
by Josh V March 29, 2009
A device that when used has the potential to create miniature black holes. Physicist have assured us that this is of no concern, though, for two reasons. One is that these black holes are supposed to evoporate due to Hawking Radiation, which is an unobserved theory. And the other is that if the LHC is capable of producing black holes, cosmic rays should produce miniature black holes frequently when they collide with the atmosphere, which totally ignores the fact that these natural miniature black holes would have velocities much greater than the Earth's escape velocity. So there is a distinct possibility that when this collider fires up in 2007, the Earth could be doomed to be slowly accreted by miniature black holes at the center of the earth. However, you can rest assured that the physicists that are willing to gamble with the functional existence of Earth on the basis that this scenario will not happen do not seem to care.
Firing up the Large Hadron Collider without observational evidence of Hawking Radiation is like not putting enough life boats on the Titanic.
by Josh V December 17, 2006
To rub or whack your girlfriend in the face with your penis. Preferably done unexpectedly and while an erection is present. A great way to wake them up!
Cousin of the dutch oven.
Cousin of the dutch oven.
by Josh V February 9, 2008