On Agnosticism

AtheistWorld.Com said:


Take a look at the savages in Africa for instance. The missionaries and charities beg for money to feed them but not to force them to use contraceptives. The dumb savages refuse self control and birth control but expect food so they can keep on multiplying. Such parasites should not be helped and puting a side a greater problem in order to solve a simpler and less dangerous one is hardly a rational aproach.

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I was going to respond to this ◊◊◊◊◊, but have decided against wasting my finger muscles on it.
Something tells me that you're a little too close-minded to care about my response anyway.

There is nothing irrational about being an agnostic. You don't have to clearly define something to think that it may or may not exist.
I am an agnostic and I feel that ANY god or ANY definition of god may or may not be real.
I have never seen any evidence that ANY type of god exists, is that proof that no god exists? No.

It's that simple.
What were you saying about not needing to be Einstein to understand...?
 
How about this formulation?

It's not necessary to hold an opinion about everything. There is nothing inherently morally objectionable about saying "I don't know" or "I have no opinion". What is Agnosticism other than saying "I don't know"?

I know people who feel compelled to have an opinion about damn near everything. They are frequently mistaken and will argue for the sake of arguing. Many of them cannot tolerate ambiguity or indifference. Your best defence against these individuals may be to take no position when asked if you have one.

Does god exist? I don't know.
Do you have an opinion about the existence of god? No.
Don't you think that you ought to have an opinion? No.
You realize that god hates people who don't believe in him, don't you? And at this point you can probably go over to the bar and pour yourself another drink.
 
Sounds good to me with one exception;
I DO have an opinion about the existence of god (insert any and all definitions of "god")-
god may or may not exist.
 
"God may or may not exist" appears to be a tautology. Attempting to hold the opposite view may cause think-muscle to cramp up.
 
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