RE: Why Agnostic?
July 5, 2009 at 5:22 am
(This post was last modified: July 5, 2009 at 5:23 am by Purple Rabbit.)
I reckon in the end no scale will accurately depict the range of stances taken on the god concept, but one more thing I really miss in it is the moral dimension. I hold that it is possible to believe in a certain god as the creator of the universe but at the same time to deny his moral supremacy. Is this atheism? Many articulations of moral dogma of the christian god in particular are immoral to me (eternal damnation for one thing). I happen to think that critical thinking and scepticism are good things whereas the christian god asks followers to not question any of his moral. Of course when you want focus on the question of the existence of god(s), your scale will do fine. But to me the god concept is indissoluble from the moral question.
"I'm like a rabbit suddenly trapped, in the blinding headlights of vacuous crap" - Tim Minchin in "Storm"
Christianity is perfect bullshit, christians are not - Purple Rabbit, honouring CS Lewis
Faith is illogical - fr0d0
Christianity is perfect bullshit, christians are not - Purple Rabbit, honouring CS Lewis
Faith is illogical - fr0d0