(February 19, 2016 at 10:08 am)LostLocke Wrote:(February 18, 2016 at 2:10 pm)MattB Wrote: Not sure how an agnostic can vote here. I'm still waiting for more evidence either way. Though I lean to the NO.If you're going to wait for evidence of the non-existence of something before you decide you don't believe it exists, you're going to be waiting for a very very very very very long time.
If something doesn't exist, it can't leave behind evidence of its non-existence.
I have no evidence that Tiamat, the evil five-headed chromatic dragon, doesn't exist, and at this very moment is planning on the take over of the world. But, since there is no evidence that it does exist, I will go with, "No, I do not believe Tiamat exists. But if new evidence comes forth that says otherwise, I will evaluate it and, potentially, change my position on that."
Note, I'm not claiming to know for a fact that Tiamat does not exist. It's just that, since there is no evidence, I do state that I don't believe he does exist.
That's how an agnostic, which most atheists are, answers.
I will probably die not knowing. I'm talking about a god in general, not one specific one such as the Christian one.
Also, agnostics are not atheist. Alt.atheism on usenet says they are just a weak theist.
