From: Steele, Kirk A (SteeleKA@nafm.misawa.af.mil)
Date: Wed Jan 23 2002 - 17:40:07 MST
no. search for Pascal' wager to understand agnosticism
-----Original Message-----
From: Nicholas Johns [mailto:nialjo@hotmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2002 9:27 AM
To: virus@lucifer.com
Subject: Re: virus: Kirk: Standing my ground
> Have you ever heard a pro god argument that forwards evidence?
> probably not - but the first time they do, and the data is verified by the
same
> scientific method that we use to "prove" other things, then I will be will
to
> concede that perhpas there is a god
This is agnosticism, is it not?
At least, you share the same viewpoint as me, and I do not consider myself
an atheist. Rather, those that would not concede this point in the face of
scientific evidence I see as atheist (and dogmatic). I agree that this may
seem like a slightly harsh outlook. :-)
Like statistics, dictionaries can be used to back up any viewpoint:
Agnostic (n)
a person who holds the view that any ultimate reality (as God) is unknown
and prob. unknowable; broadly : one who is not committed to believing in
either the existence or the nonexistence of God or a god
(Webster)
Or try this one: http://www.bartleby.com/81/328.html
Nic.
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