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If you want an exercise in futility try getting them to admit the universe is irrational. Don't bother pointing out how many atheist philosophers have said so.

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OK, I'll bite. In what sense is the universe "irrational" and what "atheist philosophers" say that it is?

I have a feeling they weren't using the word "irrational" in the same sense that I do when I apply it to the universe.