RE: Is being a gnostic atheist illogical?
October 5, 2012 at 6:46 pm
(This post was last modified: October 5, 2012 at 6:54 pm by IATIA.)
(October 5, 2012 at 6:38 pm)Hughsie Wrote: There was a time when every piece of evidence in existence said the Earth was flat.Actually, not. But I appreciate the point you tried to make.
Hughsie Wrote:We have no way of knowing what the future holds, not with 100% accuracy.That depends again on perspective. IF we create our own worlds and everyone we know is just a 'brain in our vat', then we can change everything, but once changed, it will be as though it always was and no one would be the wiser. The 'vat' would always know what will come to pass.
gnos·tic [nos-tik]
adjective Also, gnos·ti·cal.
- pertaining to knowledge.
- possessing knowledge, especially esoteric knowledge of spiritual matters.
- ( initial capital letter ) pertaining to or characteristic of the Gnostics.
- ( initial capital letter ) a member of any of certain sects among the early Christians who claimed to have superior knowledge of spiritual matters, and explained the world as created by powers or agencies arising as emanations from the Godhead.
You make people miserable and there's nothing they can do about it, just like god.
-- Homer Simpson
God has no place within these walls, just as facts have no place within organized religion.
-- Superintendent Chalmers
Science is like a blabbermouth who ruins a movie by telling you how it ends. There are some things we don't want to know. Important things.
-- Ned Flanders
Once something's been approved by the government, it's no longer immoral.
-- The Rev Lovejoy
-- Homer Simpson
God has no place within these walls, just as facts have no place within organized religion.
-- Superintendent Chalmers
Science is like a blabbermouth who ruins a movie by telling you how it ends. There are some things we don't want to know. Important things.
-- Ned Flanders
Once something's been approved by the government, it's no longer immoral.
-- The Rev Lovejoy
