RE: Atheist or Agnostic?
April 4, 2015 at 10:59 am
(This post was last modified: April 4, 2015 at 11:10 am by datc.)
(April 3, 2015 at 11:00 pm)Bad Wolf Wrote: Atheism isn't a choice.
It is if you are an agnostic, just as theism is a choice in this case.
Only if you are a "gnostic" are you ineluctably moved toward belief by evidence either for or against God's existence.
(April 4, 2015 at 12:25 am)whateverist Wrote: Likewise, the speculative question of whether or not gods exist has no value for the living of my life. Lacking a proper definition of gods, I have more important business to attend to.
It most certainly does have such value, because if God exists, then it makes sense to pay heed to Him in your own personal life. If God does not exist, then it makes sense to ignore everything that claims divinity.
I mean, are you as though autistic toward God? Even if God existed, you'd consider Him irrelevant? If the speculative question of whether God exists has been settled, say, in favor of God, would you still refuse to interact with God? That seems crazy, at least like not paying attention to other human beings.
