RE: A former agnostic, with doubts?
September 16, 2014 at 7:49 pm
(This post was last modified: September 16, 2014 at 7:53 pm by Chas.)
(September 16, 2014 at 6:39 pm)Madness20 Wrote: Again, i'm formulating my beliefs, it'd be counterproductive to simply state "i don't know".
And to be honest, i feel that "I don't know" was never actually a productive position in terms of science and obtaining answers, it might be great at refusing to explain your own beliefs, but that's it.
"i bellieve/ i suspect/ i doubt" is actually the position that might benefict and enrich science and metaphysics.
It's already part of science.
I believe == It has been shown beyond reasonable doubt.
I suspect == I have a hypothesis about ...
I doubt == There is some evidence against that
I don't know == There is insufficient or contradictory data
(September 16, 2014 at 6:39 pm)Madness20 Wrote: That there is a great dose of "intelligence" in the way our universe organizes, it's undeniable in my opinion, and i'm not necessarily implying the intelligence might be evidence for a god, but certainly is evidence for a "greater" design that our universe is just a partition of. Even without a god, i must say again, it's brilliant.
I deny it. There is no good evidence of design.
Skepticism is not a position; it is an approach to claims.
Science is not a subject, but a method.
Science is not a subject, but a method.