In a discussion over at Bud's blog Dead Logic , a reader asked a question I have been hearing more and more recently. It's a good question, so I thought I would do my part to try and answer it. Doesn't admitting to being an agnostic instead of an atheist FEEL like you're being wishy-washy, or not fully committing to your "belief"? ... I understand that it's only honest to say that we CAN'T be sure, but I sure do hate to show weakness (real or perceived) in an argument. Not at all. Agnosticism deals with knowledge. Atheism deals with belief. The Agnostic position cannot assume whether a thing like a God could exist or not given the lack of sheer evidence for such a things existence. Therefore knowing with any given certainty just isn't possible. The agnostic then makes the claim that a definitive answer with regard to "knowing" of God's existence cannot be given either way. Atheism, however, can state with assurance t
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ReplyDeleteI wont disagree with any of that. I wonder tho what people would say had it been Billy Graham that said that instead of Bert?
Also he brings up our relationship to humanity. I once heard a sermon where the Preacher said "The only thing we will leave earth with is.... the relationships we have made here on earth".
Later, feen