RE: Why Agnosticism?
May 31, 2011 at 4:31 pm
(This post was last modified: May 31, 2011 at 4:47 pm by Ace Otana.)
(May 31, 2011 at 6:49 am)diffidus Wrote: On this basis, for me, the only logical position is one of the type of Agnosticism that I have defined. Atheism must rely, hugely, upon a good dose of faith!
Atheism isn't faith based.
An atheist is simply one who lacks belief in the existence of a god or gods. I am an agnostic atheist, which pretty much means that I do not know whether a god exists or not, I don't claim either way. This makes me an agnostic, while I also at the same time lack belief in the existence of god because I cannot know one way or another which makes me an atheist. Agnostic Atheist.
No faith at all.
Quote:WIKI:
If a man has failed to find any good reason for believing that there is a God, it is perfectly natural and rational that he should not believe that there is a God; and if so, he is an atheist... if he goes farther, and, after an investigation into the nature and reach of human knowledge, ending in the conclusion that the existence of God is incapable of proof, cease to believe in it on the ground that he cannot know it to be true, he is an agnostic and also an atheist – an agnostic-atheist – an atheist because an agnostic... while, then, it is erroneous to identify agnosticism and atheism, it is equally erroneous so to separate them as if the one were exclusive of the other
Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence - Carl Sagan
Mankind's intelligence walks hand in hand with it's stupidity.
Being an atheist says nothing about your overall intelligence, it just means you don't believe in god. Atheists can be as bright as any scientist and as stupid as any creationist.
You never really know just how stupid someone is, until you've argued with them.
Mankind's intelligence walks hand in hand with it's stupidity.
Being an atheist says nothing about your overall intelligence, it just means you don't believe in god. Atheists can be as bright as any scientist and as stupid as any creationist.
You never really know just how stupid someone is, until you've argued with them.
