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ArtificialThu 24-Oct-13 10:38 PM
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#2208, ""I'm agnostic""


  

          

Directly means "I lack knowledge."

Gnosticism relates to knowledge. Theism to belief. Agnostic doesn't mean "in the middle," It means "lacking knowledge." Ask yourself "Is there a god?" If the answer is anything other than "yes," then congratulations, you're an atheist. "Maybe" is not "yes." You'd be an agnostic atheist.

Anyway, if there was a god, he would know exactly what it would take to make you believe. Until that happens, you don't know for sure what that might be.

Also if you did indeed witness a "miracle," no matter the definition (exceedingly rare event etc), you do not say "I guess (insert the version of god I believe in) did it." Instead, you say "Wow I don't have an explanation for why that happened, lets investigate." So your argument is on the right track.

Also, there's a chapter of Bleach titled Debating Life from God's Viewpoint, which has a fantastic quote: "Only my power is absolute. Everything else is tiny and insignificant. In my cavernous eyes, your lives and those of ants are exactly the same."

  

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HOT TopicIs this simple or complicated to you.... [View all] , Moligant, Thu 24-Oct-13 02:40 PM
Reply A REAL miracle would be..., Lyristeon, 25-Oct-13 03:05 PM, #3
Reply Done it., Tsunami, 25-Oct-13 03:25 PM, #4
     Reply +1 nt, Artificial, 26-Oct-13 04:15 AM, #5
Reply "I'm agnostic", Artificial, 24-Oct-13 10:38 PM #2
Reply Part of the problem is "defining God". , Eskelian, 07-Nov-13 03:19 AM, #6
     Reply Real Agnosticism, 1D_rookie, 16-Nov-13 01:04 AM, #7
     Reply Truly Without Knowledge, Artificial, 16-Nov-13 03:39 AM, #8
     Reply RE: Truly Without Knowledge, 1D_rookie, 17-Nov-13 10:01 AM, #12
     Reply It's been shown, incognito, 01-May-14 03:55 PM, #27
     Reply And until evidence arrives, Artificial, 16-Nov-13 03:42 AM, #9
          Reply Why?, Eskelian, 16-Nov-13 05:10 AM, #10
               Reply Ah...Mr. Pascal, I missed you., Artificial, 16-Nov-13 11:18 AM, #11
                    Reply RE: Ah...Mr. Pascal, I missed you., Eskelian, 17-Nov-13 12:23 PM, #13
                         Reply Montessori., Tsunami, 17-Nov-13 04:34 PM, #14
                         Reply RE: Montessori., Eskelian, 17-Nov-13 10:57 PM, #15
                         Reply RE: Ah...Mr. Pascal, I missed you., Daevryn, 01-Dec-13 10:51 AM, #16
                         Reply RE: Ah...Mr. Pascal, I missed you., Eskelian, 09-Dec-13 03:40 AM, #18
                              Reply I'll also point out..., Eskelian, 09-Dec-13 12:34 PM, #22
                                   Reply RE: I'll also point out..., Moligant, 09-Dec-13 02:54 PM, #23
                                        Reply RE: I'll also point out..., Eskelian, 10-Dec-13 05:42 AM, #24
                         Reply The more invested you are in this, the harder it is for..., Vortex Magus, 08-Dec-13 08:15 PM, #17
                         Reply RE: The more invested you are in this, the harder it is..., Eskelian, 09-Dec-13 03:43 AM, #19
                              Reply You think lack of religion causes depression?, Homard, 09-Dec-13 10:12 AM, #20
                                   Reply RE: You think lack of religion causes depression?, Eskelian, 09-Dec-13 12:09 PM, #21
                                        Reply I'm not going off the deep end., Homard, 10-Dec-13 09:11 AM, #25
                         Reply You can be communal without religion too., DurNominator, 13-Dec-13 11:31 AM, #26
Reply I think it's in what you termed a "miracle"., Straklaw, 24-Oct-13 04:35 PM, #1
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