RE: What is in a label?
January 4, 2009 at 1:25 pm
(This post was last modified: January 4, 2009 at 1:35 pm by Kyuuketsuki.)
(January 4, 2009 at 5:18 am)Purple Rabbit Wrote: What exactly is unclear about the statement "I have no belief in god(s)"?
"Atheist" is more succinct than "I have no belief in god(s)" and if the English language were full of phrases instead of words a discussion would be awfully long.
Kyu
(January 3, 2009 at 10:06 pm)puglover Wrote: Kyu - what do you reckon about agnostics?
See page 3 (sorry linking to the page is best I can do).
(January 3, 2009 at 10:06 pm)puglover Wrote: i thought that agnostic distinguished that we have no possible way of finding out if there is a god - forever. i do not agree to this. i don't know if i like the term agnostic much any more.. it sounds pussy weak.. like i am hopefull for there to be a god or some shizz.
Not quite the phraseology I'd use but yes, I think it is a weaker term for atheism and, given the way it was introduced by Huxley, it would appear to be an avoidance term i.e. one that avoids the perceived connotations of atheism.
(January 3, 2009 at 10:06 pm)puglover Wrote: what about the term 'spiritual'? i am not really sure why but i am to like clinging to it. maybe i am a Spiritual Agnostic Atheist ?
Personally I don't think spiritual (in a faith or religiosity sense) describes much except, perhaps, a weakness with respect to religious beliefs.
Kyu
