(July 3, 2012 at 5:18 pm)Selliedjoup Wrote:(July 3, 2012 at 5:03 pm)Skepsis Wrote: Oh noes, don't go!!
Or at least, until you answer me one question:
What in the name of Cthulu's court jester do you mean when you say that you are an agnostic? Agnostic in regards to what?
I am an agnostic atheist. When you say "question an atheist perspective", you surely mean to say you are a theist then?
You either believe in the magic sky fairy or you don't.
You either know he exists/doesn't exist, or you don't.
That's all there is to it.
Meh I'll change my answer.
You may base your atheism solely on theism, I base my agnosticism on not knowing. Two different things.
Ok, you don't know. Neither do I.
What do you believe?
That is what defines you as an atheist or a theist.
As theist/atheist is a true dichotomy, you must by logical necessity be one or the other. Trying to shirk this off is... silly.
My conclusion is that there is no reason to believe any of the dogmas of traditional theology and, further, that there is no reason to wish that they were true.
Man, in so far as he is not subject to natural forces, is free to work out his own destiny. The responsibility is his, and so is the opportunity.
-Bertrand Russell
Man, in so far as he is not subject to natural forces, is free to work out his own destiny. The responsibility is his, and so is the opportunity.
-Bertrand Russell