(November 25, 2015 at 11:35 am)Faith No More Wrote: The more I think about it, the more and more I lean towards gnostic atheism. I'm starting to think that holding onto agnosticism out of intellectual integrity is actually misguiding and doesn't take into account the complete and utter failure of the god hypothesis over the centuries. I'm starting to think that a claim that fails so miserably to produce even one shred of evidence can, in fact, be dismissed with 100% certainty, even the mysterious deist god. With all we know about the human brain and how our existential needs fuel our beliefs, I don't think it's too much of a stretch to conclude that all gods ever postulated are but constructs of the human mind.
I'm starting to think that intellectual integrity actually prescribes that any shred of uncertainty is unwarranted.
I agree but only in regard to literalist, fundamentalist claims. While popular those are the least compelling beliefs anyhow and easily dismissed out of hand.
But I've always thought that attaching percent estimates of certainty to god belief was wrong headed. My agnosticism has nothing to do with relative likelihood and everything to do with interpretation. Something ill defined isn't entitled to a shred of consideration.
