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why don't we begin with the thread title.
LOL. Yes, I always spell it that way. Like the word "Aswell". It's a childhood trait I can't quite shrug off.
also, 'agnoticism' as opposed to 'agnosticism'
Ugh. Missed that. Typed too fast.
I touch of Bertrand Russell. It's not really a response to him (Why I am Not a Christian), as he simply comes from an 'anti'-theistic proposition to a middle point and you come from an 'anti'-athiestic proposition and come to pretty much the same middle point.
I tend to agree with that, the only genuinely rational position given what we genuinely know about the universe without assumptions (which is practically nothing) is Agnosticism. I can't prove or disprove science. No-one can. With the mental tools we currently have at our disposal. (I really Russell's book btw, even if I disagree with it - every member of the religious right should be read his "nice people" essay.)
Well said. Religion and atheism are two sides of the same coin: Arrogant interpretations of what we are more than likely incapable of understanding.
I had a friend who said once that he was an Agnostic because it is impossible to know whether or not God exists.
I would agree with your friend.
It's a reasonable belief to hold.
I don't feel the same way though, since I figure that if it is more reasonable for God not to exist than it is for God to exist, it would make more sense for me to hold the former belief.
