Agnosticism

• ironoxideman

  8 Jul 07, 20:09

  Why do Atheists not consider being Agnostics instead?
  
  Agnostic : one who believes that the evidence for and against the existence of God is inconclusive
  
  Some atheists believe that their stance against the age old question is made in the name of hard science and cool logic.
  
  However since there is no way to definitely debase the concept of God (im assuming you agree with me) the very character of an atheist is put into question, is the atheist still being objective i.e. undistorted by emotion or personal bias ?
  
  An argument against the existence of god utilises parsimony. Which is the practice of accepting beliefs which require the least assumptions. 'God exists': this requires more assumptions than 'God does not exist' since our senses clearly indicate that above us is just atmosphere. However, parsimony is not foolproof, what you see is not always what you get.
  
  Having said all this, I'd not say that being a christian, agnostic or atheist is a deliberate exercise of reason. Perhaps one is an agnostic because one requires god to go on living but yet does not have faith?
  
  Behind each label, is a personal history. Respect that.
• january

  11 Jul 07, 09:00

  are you agnostic or athestic towards the existence of fairies?
• january

  11 Jul 07, 09:01

  to put it more simply, do you believe in fairies?
• dragg

  11 Jul 07, 09:02

  science is way behind religion.
  
  
• january

  11 Jul 07, 09:06

  Originally posted by dragg:

  science is way behind religion.
  
  

  our civilisation progress because of science not religion
  
  All religions mainly sells religion stuff, organise religion events, organize teaching sessions and followers will do religious study.
  
  Religion is not very progressive towards to advancment of human race, therefore we should try to make sure the human race is more practical.
• dragg

  11 Jul 07, 09:07

  Originally posted by january:

  our civilisation progress because of science not religion
  
  All religions mainly sells religion stuff, organise religion events, organize teaching sessions and followers will do religious study.
  
  Religion is not very progressive towards to advancment of human race, therefore we should try to make sure the human race is more practical.

  read the book 'angels and demons' by dan brown. its very interesting.