(May 8, 2011 at 12:40 pm)reverendjeremiah Wrote:void Wrote:Actually he would only be describing what he believes god is.Okay. I can accept that to a point (not that my acceptance has any bearing on his beliefs), but how would that be any different from just plain old theism? I suppose it would be a 100% reliance on faith alone. I never really came across an "agnostic christian" before. Not that Im trying to stir the pot on this, even though I do enjoy stirring the pot.
Faith isn't knowledge, so you could rely 100% on faith for the ontological side of the belief without claiming any knowledge.
He also has the instrumental side, he perceives his beliefs to be useful in achieving his goals, though any claims that this makes his beliefs likely to be true are nonsense, it's like the housewife who's belief that her husband isn't cheating makes her happier and that makes it true.
Quote:Good point, because I was thinking to myself: "shouldnt an agnostic theist be using the words "I guess" and "maybe" more often instead of "this is" and "that is"?"
Yeah, we all tend to get a bit complacent though.
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