"The truth is: I don't have enough faith to be an athiest." A friend of mine
who earned a B.Sc. in mathematics told me that in one of our discussions about
math and creation.

"The truth is: I don't have enough faith to be an athiest.


Being an atheiest is as closed minded as any religion. In fact, it IS a
religion.

RB

Being an atheiest is as closed minded as any religion. In fact, it IS a
religion.

RB

So, what are you? I thought you were an atheist. Yes/no?

So, what are you? I thought you were an atheist. Yes/no?

Nope. I'm agnostic. That means I'm open to anything. There MIGHT be a god just
as there might be aliens just as....
You get the idea. It's the only logical approach. A human beings greatest
strength is it's ability to learn, to seek out. Faith destroys all of that.

RB

(Bobsprit) wrote in message ...
So, what are you? I thought you were an atheist. Yes/no?

Nope. I'm agnostic. That means I'm open to anything. There MIGHT be a god just
as there might be aliens just as....
You get the idea.

Yes your just like Kerry. Never commit to anything.

If you are not willing to stand for something, you will fall for
anything.


It's the only logical approach. A human beings greatest
strength is it's ability to learn, to seek out.

Do you have any faith in what you just said, or are you just blabbing
out jibberish?

Faith destroys all of that.

Wrong.

Perhaps if you had faith in your ability to direct movies, you might
be directing movies.

Oh ye of no faith.

Joe






RB

If you are not willing to stand for something, you will fall for
anything.

Exactly...and you fell for the whole "man in the sky" fable.

RB

(Bobsprit) wrote in message ...
If you are not willing to stand for something, you will fall for
anything.

Exactly...and you fell for the whole "man in the sky" fable.

RB


How's that ? Were have I ever mentioned a Man in the sky?

Your confusing spirt and faith, with religion.

Joe

Nope. I'm agnostic. That means I'm open to anything. There MIGHT be a god
just as there might be aliens just as....
You get the idea. It's the only logical approach. A human beings greatest
strength is it's ability to learn, to seek out. Faith destroys all of that.

RB

You'd be better off as an atheist, my friend. Because right now you just sound
too lazy to care. Don't mean to be insulting, but you sound like you don't
know, and you really don't give a damn. You'd be better off if you were an
atheist--spiritually speaking, in my opinion.

Don't mean to be insulting, but you sound like you don't
know, and you really don't give a damn.


Wrong. I care, but I also see the problem as unsolvable. I'm sure not taking
anyone's word for it. And that's all god is, a belief passed on through
generations. Pretty much how Voodoo survived into modern times. Still, I can't
prove there's no god to my satisfaction, so the possibility exists however
remote. An Athiest is certain that there is no god which is in itself a type of
close minded faith as narrow as any other.

Agnostic - 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 -open to
consideration, discussion and so on.

RB

Agnostic - 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 -open to
consideration, discussion and so on.

RB

But with the above definition, you make a divine joke of yourself. You are
permanently seeking the answer to a question you don't believe can ever be
answered. It's the futility of academics.