Atheism isn't a belief system either. Its one singular idea (or really, lack of belief), that's it. Atheists are not part of an organized system.
- adambarck:
- @ Alex; periphery.
"Seeing as you either believe in something or you don't, what does that make agnosticism, by your definition?"
To answer your question:
It makes agnosticism into something which is not any kind of a blind belief system at all.
Pragmatism is adhered to. Agnostics understand (not BELIEVE) that there are quite obvious boundaries to human knowledge. There are things we will never know.
I don't think your definition of agnosticism is accurate either. I'm an atheist, and I too realize we don't know everything about the universe. I think religious people know that as well.
Agnosticism is just ambivalence, not that its a bad thing, but a lack of conviction doesn't make agnostics any smarter than theists/atheists. Just about everyone acknowledges they cannot prove their spiritual beliefs which is agnostic in itself, which makes the term meaningless because it applies to everyone.
Many Agnostics live their lives as if there is no God and simply identify as agnostic because of a lack of proof, not personal belief. That makes no sense to me. I mean, I can't prove Santa Clause isn't real but I don't say I'm agnostic, I say I don't believe in Santa Clause because of the high improbability and because I live my life as if there is no Santa Clause. God is no different.
January 8th, 2014 at 09:40pm