RE: Can Someone be Simply "An Agnostic?"
June 26, 2014 at 3:15 pm
(This post was last modified: June 26, 2014 at 3:26 pm by Bibliofagus.)
On AF.com there's a regular poster (Antithesis) who always asks 'What's a god?'
To me this seems to be an issue that should be resolved before I'm obligated or required or whatever to consider whether I 'know' if said god exists or not.
I mean: These dice are loaded. The word 'god' can mean anything from the totem in a primitive village, through lightning-throwing guys, a vengefull jewish/christian/muslim magic guy, all of nature, whatever hinduus believe, to an unknowable guy/thing that doesn't intervene or even exists 'outside of reality' - whatever the fuck that means. Hell. Some of these even claim that there's supernatural guys whom are able to trick my senses into not seeing the 'god' that is clearly there...
And I have to take a position on whether I 'know' if any of these are real? While most people would instantly interpret/misconstrue that as meaning I believe there's a 50% chance that their - particular - god actually exists?
I say no.
To me this seems to be an issue that should be resolved before I'm obligated or required or whatever to consider whether I 'know' if said god exists or not.
I mean: These dice are loaded. The word 'god' can mean anything from the totem in a primitive village, through lightning-throwing guys, a vengefull jewish/christian/muslim magic guy, all of nature, whatever hinduus believe, to an unknowable guy/thing that doesn't intervene or even exists 'outside of reality' - whatever the fuck that means. Hell. Some of these even claim that there's supernatural guys whom are able to trick my senses into not seeing the 'god' that is clearly there...
And I have to take a position on whether I 'know' if any of these are real? While most people would instantly interpret/misconstrue that as meaning I believe there's a 50% chance that their - particular - god actually exists?
I say no.
