05-02-2009, 11:51 AM
Agnostics are lazy thinkers. Study what it is you question and take a position. An atheist has done so.
Couple that with the improbability of proving a negative- an atheist doesn't need to prove there is no God. I don't believe the moon is made of denim, but I can't stand here and prove it to you. I can't prove there are tiny little fairies that push daisies up from the ground, but I don't believe there are.
I can't prove there is no "Great Pumpkin" of the likes Linus believes, but I don't believe there is.
There are many Gods an Agnostic doesn't believe in as I'm sure they don't believe in the thousands that have been created by active imaginations since the beginning of time- thus making that agnostic an 'atheist' when it comes to those Gods he doesn't think exist.
Sorry for the free-flow rambling, but the bottom line for me:
I think an Agnostic is a disbeliever. To say "I don't know" if there is a God is akin to someone asking, "Do you love your wife?" and answering, "I don't know."
Think about it. If your loved one answered as such, in your mind you'd know he/she really was saying, "No, I don't."
Couple that with the improbability of proving a negative- an atheist doesn't need to prove there is no God. I don't believe the moon is made of denim, but I can't stand here and prove it to you. I can't prove there are tiny little fairies that push daisies up from the ground, but I don't believe there are.
I can't prove there is no "Great Pumpkin" of the likes Linus believes, but I don't believe there is.
There are many Gods an Agnostic doesn't believe in as I'm sure they don't believe in the thousands that have been created by active imaginations since the beginning of time- thus making that agnostic an 'atheist' when it comes to those Gods he doesn't think exist.
Sorry for the free-flow rambling, but the bottom line for me:
I think an Agnostic is a disbeliever. To say "I don't know" if there is a God is akin to someone asking, "Do you love your wife?" and answering, "I don't know."
Think about it. If your loved one answered as such, in your mind you'd know he/she really was saying, "No, I don't."