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ABCDEF7 · M
@Theseus Yes, nobody knows. Even atheist pretend to know.
Atheists and theists are not two different kinds of people. Both believe something that they do not know. They want to assume something. Depending upon what kind of culture they have been brought up in, one seems like a positive assumption, the other seems negative. They don’t know reality in anyway.
Instead of being a theist or an atheist, if you are straight enough to tell yourself, “What I know, I know, what I do not know, I do not know.”
Atheists and theists are not two different kinds of people. Both believe something that they do not know. They want to assume something. Depending upon what kind of culture they have been brought up in, one seems like a positive assumption, the other seems negative. They don’t know reality in anyway.
Instead of being a theist or an atheist, if you are straight enough to tell yourself, “What I know, I know, what I do not know, I do not know.”
Theseus · 46-50, M
@ABCDEF7 Correct on all counts. I ... ahem... believe the best descriptor of not knowing would be agnosticism. Agnosticism is rational whereas theism and atheism are not. Of the three, only agnosticism requires no faith. Atheists will most certainly sputter and fume at this characterization, but they would still be wrong. It takes FAITH to accept a proposition/premise with no basis in fact or evidence.
Ultimately, then, none of us knows. All of us BELIEVE. Faith is a necessary cornerstone of this thing we call reality.
Ultimately, then, none of us knows. All of us BELIEVE. Faith is a necessary cornerstone of this thing we call reality.
