(June 21, 2014 at 12:21 pm)whateverist Wrote: So when you ask if someone has an opinion, you're asking for a wild hunch? "If you had to guess, .."? That certainly is not what I have in mind when I ask for an opinion. I always assume that what someone thinks .. aka their opinion .. will either reflect something they belief is true or at least something true about them. It is a way to find out what matters to them. If I get the impression that they have a much lower regard for what they portray as their opinions, I generally stop asking.
When it comes to religious position, I am asking for the truth about them; specifically, what they believe in. Agnosticism is not saying "I do/do not believe", therefore it is meaningless as a term to describe belief. Agnosticism (and its counterpart, gnosticism) are used to describe certainty. What self-proclaimed agnostics are trying to do is say "I don't believe, but I don't not believe either", which is utter bullshit. You can't "not believe" but also "not not believe". It's meaningless and makes no sense.
The truth is absolute. Life forms are specks of specks (...) of specks of dust in the universe.
Why settle for normal, when you can be so much more? Why settle for something, when you can have everything?
Why settle for normal, when you can be so much more? Why settle for something, when you can have everything?
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