Bob,

If you were to write an active essay about the heliocentricity of the

solar

system, would you insert "it is likely" before stating on the introductory page that the earth revolves around the sun and not vice-versa?

For extremely funny linguistic silliness in a similar vein, I refer you to Madrak the non-theist, non-sectarian preacher in Creatures of Light & Darkness by Zelazny.

But hey, perhaps some people need to be constantly reminded that the only statement of empirical reality that can be known with certainty is The Cognito ...

Look, as far as I know, the universe is a role playing game containing just He and I, but since He does such a good job of ... er ... "bringing all the NPCs to life" as it were, I'd just as soon pretend you exist. So far, you pass the Turing Test; well, most of you. ;-)

-Bob