Re:Beyond god and atheism: Why I am a 'possibilian'
by lulin on Monday September 27, 2010 @04:51PM
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I don't think agnosticism can really be called reasonable anymore. We now know so much about the universe that believing in any specific deity, or even just a general sense of the supernatural, seems akin to believing into Russel's teapot.
Being atheist and being open minded are not mutually exclusive.
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Re:Beyond god and atheism: Why I am a 'possibilian'
by nosse on Monday September 27, 2010 @06:20PM
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Let's assume that someone said to me that there is pink elephant toy behind my couch. That would be weird cause I don't own one, and it would be behind my couch.
But I would not be so stupid to go and tell everybody that I certainly absolutely believe that there is no elephant toy behind my couch. And I surely would not bet on it. Maybe someone broke into my apartment, and I don't know about it. (or I was wasted and thought it was funny)
I would simply take a stand that I don't know until I look there.
Thats atheism, except that it's kinda hard to go and look.
Re:Beyond god and atheism: Why I am a 'possibilian'
by mike-cardwell on Monday September 27, 2010 @05:24PM
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I don't quite get agnosticism. It's perfectly reasonable for me to say "Superman doesn't exist" so why isn't it reasonable for me to say "God doesn't exist" ? They're equally sensible statements...