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Quote by: Deus This is my first post in this forum, and I'd like to make clear I do not discredit God. I am Agnostic, the furthest thing from being Atheist. The universe, space itself, the energy involved in the Big Bang; it all had to have come from somewhere, and without a scientific explanation, I turn to a God as I know many of you on this forum have. |
Welcome Deus. What do you think atheists are? What to you think an agnositic is? The two words are about two different things. A-theism is without a belief in god(s) where a-gnostic is without knowing (god). It is possible to be an agnostic theist - a person that doesn't know but believes or an agnostic atheist - a person that doesn't know and lacks belief. It would seem to me that a person that is honest with themselves and admits that they do not know something and that none of the evidence is sufficient to know would hold the position of lacking belief in something. Of course many people for some reason think that atheist means anti-theist but that is only because it is possible to lack a belief in god and also think that there is no god. I place god in the weird critter category such as unicorns, dragons, trolls, leprechuans, jin and so on. I lack a belief in all of these things because I am not aware of any evidence for them that is compelling enough to think they are real. Also your argument for turning to god because you don't know is simply an argument from ignorance. Such arguments can be used to support just about anything. Why is it that people can't just say "I don't know" and instead must make stuff up just to make themselves feel good? Where is the honesty in that? If you are ignorant pretending that you know something that you don't is how you stay ignorant. The first step to knowledge is to admit you don't know and then make your most honest effort to find out. Anything else is just foolery. It may only be self foolery but it is foolery all the same.
Starboy