RE: Agnostics
August 3, 2016 at 5:16 am
(This post was last modified: August 3, 2016 at 5:17 am by Athene.)
(August 3, 2016 at 1:42 am)Excited Penguin Wrote:(August 3, 2016 at 12:05 am)Thena323 Wrote: I'd have to say I agree with benny on this matter...yikes!..Yowsa!
I think it's quite possible that a person could be uncertain as to whether he or she actually believes or not.
No, it's quite simple, really.
I don't need for you to explain any of this shit to me. I understand the the difference between having a belief (or lack thereof) and claiming knowledge of such belief. I'm not arguing over the proper usage of said terms.
I'm only saying that I see it as being possible for someone to not actually know whether they believe in God or not.
Not referring to the claim of knowledge on the position, but to the position itself:
Do you BELIEVE a God exists? I don't know, I don't know if I believe, or I don't know what to believe, could very well be a person's honest answer. It may not fit the textbook definition of agnostic, but I can see why someone might extend the definition of agnostic to apply to the matter of certainty to their belief/lack of belief as well. It's the term that would come closest to defining their position.