I'll add my bit to this discusion.
To those that claim they neither believe or disbelieve and use the agnostic label, it is my contention, and that of contemporary phylosophers of mind, belief is a binary mental state.therefor it is not possible to be between belief and disbelief.
Belief is the mental state in which one accepts a premise as being true. Either one accepts the premise that at least one god exists (theism), or one does not accept that premise (atheism).
There is no way to be 'between belief and disbelief' as many agnostic claim.
To those that claim they neither believe or disbelieve and use the agnostic label, it is my contention, and that of contemporary phylosophers of mind, belief is a binary mental state.therefor it is not possible to be between belief and disbelief.
Belief is the mental state in which one accepts a premise as being true. Either one accepts the premise that at least one god exists (theism), or one does not accept that premise (atheism).
There is no way to be 'between belief and disbelief' as many agnostic claim.
You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.
