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What happened to being a good old agnostic? I think that in attempting to fight against being pigeonholed as either a believer or a denier of god/gods, he light
by ascuttlefish 16y ago
What happened to being a good old agnostic? I think that in attempting to fight against being pigeonholed as either a believer or a denier of god/gods, he lights on the notion that somehow being a better (or real) scientist by being open to possibilities is an alternative. With respect, there's already a reasonable alternative to being either a believer in or denier of god/gods: agnosticism. The open mind stuff just makes you a good scientist.
Edit: Oops, markstanbury beat me to it.
- lulin 16y agoI don't think agnosticism can really be called reasonable anymore. We now know so much about the universe that believing in any specific deity, or even just a general sense of the supernatural, seems akin to believing into Russel's teapot. Being atheist and being open minded are not mutually exclusive.
- mike-cardwell 16y agoI don't quite get agnosticism. It's perfectly reasonable for me to say "Superman doesn't exist" so why isn't it reasonable for me to say "God doesn't exist" ? They're equally sensible statements...
- CamperBob 16y agoIt's actually more sensible for you to say "God doesn't exist," because at least it's possible to get two people to agree on exactly who or what Superman is.
- nosse 16y agoLet's assume that someone said to me that there is pink elephant toy behind my couch. That would be weird cause I don't own one, and it would be behind my couch. But I would not be so stupid to go and tell everybody that I certainly absolutely believe that there is no elephant toy behind my couch. And I surely would not bet on it. Maybe someone broke into my apartment, and I don't know about it. (or I was wasted and thought it was funny) I would simply take a stand that I don't know until I look there. Thats atheism, except that it's kinda hard to go and look.
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