An Untenable Position if Ever there Was One

Atheism, that is. At least for me. I can understand a person's rejection of a particular religion or religious text, because they may have doubts about its authenticity, or the claims made, but to truly believe that our physical realm is all there is and all there could possibly be, is just taking things too far. It's unreasonable to think that reality itself is limited to the extent of our own ability to perceive it with our (very limited and limiting) five senses. That just doesn't make any sense.
Agnosticism is a far more reasonable stance, if only because it's perfectly appropriate to believe there are some things we will simply never know. Knowledge actually does have its limits, there will never be a time when we will fully understand everything there is to understand.

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Ynotisay · M

OK. But I don't think it's unreasonable in any way to only perceive through our five senses. As long as scientific truths are included. It makes absolute sense. You're working from an assumption that there's something "more." Why? We're just animals that, through mutations, have developed a sense of cognition over millions of years. That's a physical function in our brains. It just doesn't strike me as something that has to equate to the supernatural.

Bel6EQUJ5

@Ynotisay There has to be more though, because our ability to understand the reality we find ourselves in only extends to the horizons of the observable universe. Other ideas have lately sprung up (ex. multiverse, dark flow) that point to a transcendent reality.
The supernatural is, by definition, that which is beyond the natural. It doesn't necessarily mean believing in ghosts or the afterlife.

DocSavage · M

@Bel6EQUJ5

the reality we find ourselves in only extends to the horizons of the observable universe.

Abstract thinking gives us the imagination to conceive ideas beyond our five senses, it does not make them real. You still need something to build the premise on. Otherwise it’s just a dream.