agnostics

froggy_newb · 12-07-2006, 04:42 PM

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Originally Posted by ISmokeIce

Athiest are most closed minded, and would reject any evidence as fraud. Agnostic would take into consideration the evidence.

athiests are people who believe in science. and the science crowd goes to the side with the most evidence to prove it right.

GoldEagle · 12-07-2006, 06:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Hoytie

In Latin, I believe the word is 'total genius.'

Fixed.

I'm Agnostic. It's basically that you have figured out that no religion so far established is really correct because of errancies, impossibilites, and total disbelief in all of them.

JoshGrrrr · 12-07-2006, 08:08 PM

Here is the best way I can think of to help a Christian/Muslim/Jew or whatever understand my point of view.

Think of all of the religions other than yours. Now, think of the reasons you don't believe in them. Those are the same reasons that I don't believe in them and the same reason I don't believe in your religion. The only difference between an agnostic and a Christian/Muslim/Jew is that I believe in one less religion than they do. I'm not saying that they aren't possible. I have no clue what is possible. There is a lot that goes on outside of my day to day reality. I just don't believe in them and find them highly unlikely due to the sheer amount of possible explanations as to how we got here. Only one can be right.

tonysk83 · 12-07-2006, 11:03 PM

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Originally Posted by JoshGrrrr

I'm agnostic and the best way to sum up my thoughts on religion are:

I have no way of knowing how we got here. No one does. There may be a god, there may not be. He may be kind, he may not be. He may want us to worship him, he may care less. He may be an all powerful being, he may be some scientist somewhere growing us in a petri dish. I'm not going to devote my life to one specific religion when it is no more likely to be right than any other explanation as to how we got here. So, I will just accept the fact that us as humans are clueless as to how we got here and just live with that rather than blindly following any specific religion. If a god made us, I'm grateful. I try to live my life without hurting the quality of any one else's life. I try to effect people in a positive way. I do that because I think it is the right way to live, not because I fear the wrath of a god.

Sums up my views pretty much exactly,

The issue of whether God exists or not is never going to be proven to me. I am not saying there isn't a God. There might be, and I could spend my whole life trying to figure out. I would rather live my life though instead of worry about something like that. Whether God exists or not to me is a meaningless question in my life. I don't need religion or a God to tell me right from wrong. I know what is right and wrong. I know how to live my life positively, and I do it every day. I help others because I know it is the right thing to do, not because a religion or God told me so.

MR.JABM · 12-07-2006, 11:57 PM

I'm agnostic

I have faith that there is a god, but i'm sick of people getting up their own *** about their religion being right.

If there is a god...cool. If there isn't...sux, i can't do anything about it

paintballbobber · 12-07-2006, 11:58 PM

lol ATHEISM FTW

JoshGrrrr · 12-08-2006, 12:03 AM

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Originally Posted by paintballbobber

lol ATHEISM FTW

That is the type of post that is not going to be allowed in the religion forums. Did you even read the rules posted at the top of this forum?

This thread is about agnostics. It has nothing to do with Atheism. If you want to discuss atheism, or if you want to compare atheism to other religions do it elsewhere. There are plenty of athiest threads to post in. Consider this your warning.

Pocket Monster · 12-08-2006, 06:06 AM

This thread is full of bull****. There is such a thing as agnostic atheism and agnostic theism. Maybe I'll come back to this thread after work.

Conqueror · 12-08-2006, 06:14 AM

Come back if you wish, but not with that tone. That tone will get you banned.

CQ

JoshGrrrr · 12-08-2006, 08:56 AM

Took the words right out of my mouth CQ.

How is this thread bull****? He asked what an agnostic was and we told him our ideas of what an agnostic is. He didn't ask what an agnostic theist was. He asked what an agnostic was. Of course a person can be an agnostic and have views that overlap with theist or athiest beliefs. Some agnostics believe that there is a god but don't know the nature of that god. That would be an agnostic theist. What's your point?

chodeyg · 12-08-2006, 09:00 AM

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Originally Posted by FeaR™

Pretty much means, im to lazy to make a decision so ill sit here till someone can make it for me.

No. That means you've thought about religion for so long that you can't make up your mind.

I believe that athiests and agnostics are the smartest people in the world, not because they're right, but because they've given more thought to their own lives and are so intrapersonally intelligent.

JoshGrrrr · 12-08-2006, 09:22 AM

Agreed. If you ask me, having blind faith in a religion is more lazy. Instead of seeing what all is out there and being open to different explanations you just choose one and blindly follow it. Not saying that it is wrong, but if you want to call something lazy lets be real about it.

dysfuncti0n · 12-08-2006, 03:04 PM

I respect agnostics a great deal. I do not know where I fall in by definition anymore. I used to teach sunday school, I used to be atheist, but now I believe that there is something more. I am not saying it is a white haired man in a white robe, but maybe along the lines of an abstract collective human consciousness.

JoshGrrrr · 12-08-2006, 08:58 PM

Yeah, I feel that there is a creator of some sort as well.

letspbnow · 12-08-2006, 09:14 PM

dictionary.com says a synonym is Atheist

Hoytie · 12-08-2006, 09:17 PM

It also says 'beastly' and 'low' are synonyms. Try comparing the definitions.

Conqueror · 12-08-2006, 10:14 PM

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Originally Posted by letspbnow

dictionary.com says a synonym is Atheist

That website might not know its *** from a hole in the ground on any given day.

CQ

Kellster · 12-08-2006, 11:41 PM

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Originally Posted by dysfuncti0n

an abstract collective human consciousness.

That's an interesting concept, care to elaborate?

dysfuncti0n · 12-09-2006, 12:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Kellster

That's an interesting concept, care to elaborate?

sure. I believe I was introduced to this in one of my psych classes in college (was a psych minor). Experiments were conducted on a chain of islands which were inhibited by chimps. One one island, the scientists showed monkeys how to use a natural tool in some way they had not before. Lets just say, using a rock to knock some fruit off a tree for an example. Well on the next island separated by a good length of ocean, the chimps living there began to also throw rocks at trees in order to knock down fruit. They know they no other chimp showed them this nor did any human. Some believe this collective consciousness is something we have lost touch with, some believe it is part of the 90% of the brain power we don't use. Now I am a strong believer in coincidence, but something about this theory sounds right to me.

There are other things like forms of altruism that I think can be grouped in with this.

letspbnow · 12-09-2006, 08:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Hoytie

It also says 'beastly' and 'low' are synonyms. Try comparing the definitions.

sorry, I as just sayin....

Plan B 13 · 12-09-2006, 08:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Hoytie

In Latin, I believe the word is 'ignoramus.'

There are two basic definitions I know of.

"I don't know, I haven't been convinced if there's a God or not"
and
"No one will ever know. It's unprovable" but that's self-contradicting. How do you know it's unknowable? Just because you don't know doesn't mean no one knows.

Ok then, bring me someone who knows.