RE: Enlightened [Elitist] Agnosticism
March 3, 2015 at 3:43 am
(This post was last modified: March 3, 2015 at 3:44 am by Whateverist.)
Hey, like it or lump it, it is up to everyone to decide how they will self-identify. Then we can decide how we feel about it.
If someone wants to identify as agnostic, but neither atheist or theist, then most likely they simply don't choose to respond to the belief question. No, no one has got to take a stand on gods any more than they have to take a stand on a thousand and one other fanciful things. One can simply declare their disinterest in the question or declare it incoherent, both entirely coherent positions.
Their motives? Why not ask them? Isn't that what we prefer to having theists tell us what it is we must believe?
As for me, I am content to claim atheism as well as agnosticism. But for me, the agnosticism is both more informative about who I am and more influential in my life. My atheism is in response to a question that doesn't much interest me regarding something that is poorly defined. My agnosticism informs the way I comport myself toward people who believe things I don't. C'est la vie.
If someone wants to identify as agnostic, but neither atheist or theist, then most likely they simply don't choose to respond to the belief question. No, no one has got to take a stand on gods any more than they have to take a stand on a thousand and one other fanciful things. One can simply declare their disinterest in the question or declare it incoherent, both entirely coherent positions.
Their motives? Why not ask them? Isn't that what we prefer to having theists tell us what it is we must believe?
As for me, I am content to claim atheism as well as agnosticism. But for me, the agnosticism is both more informative about who I am and more influential in my life. My atheism is in response to a question that doesn't much interest me regarding something that is poorly defined. My agnosticism informs the way I comport myself toward people who believe things I don't. C'est la vie.
