RE: Why Agnostic?
July 6, 2009 at 5:13 am
(This post was last modified: July 6, 2009 at 5:17 am by Tsuyoiko.)
Just a thought, but do we really need a label? I'll call myself an atheist for brevity, but if anyone asks for an explanation I'll tell them that given what we know about the universe, there's no reason to believe in god. If they ask whether I'm a strong atheist or a gnostic atheist or a surrealist atheist I'll tell them it's not that simple.
The kind of certainty you're talking about there is faith. That's fine for theists, but I don't think faith has any place in atheism, at least not in my atheism. I base my worldview on logic and empiricism; my gut feelings are irrelevant.
(July 5, 2009 at 6:37 pm)fr0d0 Wrote: But we 'know' there is a God in the sense that in your words, we are 'certain'. You're equally certain in your atheism.
The kind of certainty you're talking about there is faith. That's fine for theists, but I don't think faith has any place in atheism, at least not in my atheism. I base my worldview on logic and empiricism; my gut feelings are irrelevant.
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