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Originally Posted by El_Mariachi64  Most agnostics think this (at least I do)..While I cannot disprove god, I acknowledge it is highly unlikely that one exists. Much more unlikely than me winning the lottery. Its the same deal for all deities and fairies and leprechauns. |
But when do you really have to advance such a hypothesis?
For example, you cannot start the engine of your car. There is something wrong with the engine. When do you have to advance the hypothesis that there is a dwarf settled in it or God does not allow your engine to start. Never! It explains absolutely nothing. It gives you no idea how to fix the problem. So this hypothesis is always absolutely improbable, cause there can never be the situation, you have to advance these ridiculous hypotheses.
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Originally Posted by El_Mariachi64 Agnostics and atheists have a lot more in common than is at first is evident. Its just mostly a disagreement in terminology. But If we could all look inside each other's heads...I'm pretty sure we'd all think the same. |
Absolutely. But I have read a lot of postigs here stating that atheism is some kind of religion. I think it's because of misunderstanding of what atheism really is.
The absence of God is a necessary premise for rationality, not a belief.
PS. Excuse me for my bad English.