(May 31, 2011 at 6:49 am)diffidus Wrote: When I say Agnostic, I mean someone who recognises that there is simply not sufficient knowledge to rule out, with 100% certainty, that God exists.
That's like saying we can not rule out with 100% certainty that elves, gnomes, fairies, leprechauns, sprites, pixies, unicorns, gremlins or any other magical creatures exist. However, it's fairly obvious that they all come from human mythology and folklore and were never based on any scientific basis that they exist. The same can be said for gods. The only difference is that gods have received a special place of honor in the minds of most humans to where they're considered quite real, while all those other magical creatures are just considered mythical beings from folklore. Even some gods have been relegated to folklore or mythical status since nobody worships them any more. But without any factual evidence to support the existence of such beings, it's ridiculous to believe in them, but for some reason the burden of proof gets shifted onto the atheists when people claim that they can't know 100% for certain that no gods exist.
Christian apologetics is the art of rolling a dog turd in sugar and selling it as a donut.
