I still maintain that belief or knowledge about agnosticism regarding a subject can motivate behaviour.
My knowledge that I don't know about a topic for an exam can motivate me to study...
The knowledge that a person knows not either way about God can also influence someone too... e.g. I think that I will find out more or - I will explain to someone why I have no belief either way. A clear example of this someone writing a post - she was aware of her agnosticism and she chose to explain this. Had she not been agnostic regarding the subject then she wouldn't explain why she was agnostic and had she not had knowledge about her agnosticism she wouldn't have done it either. The agnosticism and knowledge about it makes the person different to someone who is not agnostic and not aware of this.
All I am saying is that if you are agnostic and aware of it then you will act differently had you not been.
It seems obvious and outside of this forum I'm sure people could accept this but there seems to be a suspicion by some that admitting the above is falling into some evil plan I have...
It seems silly to some to say that atheism has affected their lives and choose instead to refer to leaving religion or leaving belief in God which is just the same thing in different words...
I don't think this undermines atheism - just undermines this idea that someone agnostic cannot be motivated by their agnosticism or their awareness of it....
Atheism can be a powerful and important thing in someone's life - just like my knowledge that my time on this site makes me aware that I have no knowledge or belief about the stuff I should know for my upcoming exams: it's a powerful awareness about a lack of knowledge and belief!!
My knowledge that I don't know about a topic for an exam can motivate me to study...
The knowledge that a person knows not either way about God can also influence someone too... e.g. I think that I will find out more or - I will explain to someone why I have no belief either way. A clear example of this someone writing a post - she was aware of her agnosticism and she chose to explain this. Had she not been agnostic regarding the subject then she wouldn't explain why she was agnostic and had she not had knowledge about her agnosticism she wouldn't have done it either. The agnosticism and knowledge about it makes the person different to someone who is not agnostic and not aware of this.
All I am saying is that if you are agnostic and aware of it then you will act differently had you not been.
It seems obvious and outside of this forum I'm sure people could accept this but there seems to be a suspicion by some that admitting the above is falling into some evil plan I have...
It seems silly to some to say that atheism has affected their lives and choose instead to refer to leaving religion or leaving belief in God which is just the same thing in different words...
I don't think this undermines atheism - just undermines this idea that someone agnostic cannot be motivated by their agnosticism or their awareness of it....
Atheism can be a powerful and important thing in someone's life - just like my knowledge that my time on this site makes me aware that I have no knowledge or belief about the stuff I should know for my upcoming exams: it's a powerful awareness about a lack of knowledge and belief!!
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