Tuesday, October 17, 2006

Orchard Street (Singapore)

I consider myself an agnostic atheist. Unfortunately, this term has about as many meanings as Ben and Jerry's has ice cream flavours. The definition, as I intend it to be understood, is that an agnostic atheist is a person that does not believe in a "god(s)", but does accept (with some reluctance) that they cannot be certain that they are correct in this belief. This seems reasonable enough to me as I have found no reason in my life to believe in the presence of a "god(s)", but can certainly not put forth a proof asserting there is no "god(s)".

With that as an introduction, we can now define the five possible views a person may have of Orchard Street: heaven, hell, a source of free air conditioning, a source of extremely expensive air conditioning, or a street with a lot of malls. Let me explain. Orchard Street is heaven if you are a theist and live to shop (i.e., Kenneth). Hell if you are a theist and believe shopping is a sin. A source of free air conditioning if you are an atheist and dislike shopping. A source of expensive air conditioning if your are an atheist and shop uncontrollably. Just a street with a lot of malls if you are anyone else.

I enjoyed my free air conditioning.

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