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Originally Posted by to_hobbes  Hello everyone.
This may seem at first like I am soliciting, which is called "inappropriate" in paragraph 7 of the forum rules. But please bear with me, I think this is important to agnostics. |
For the record, to_hobbes indadvertantly "solicited" on behalf of this forum on the Brights forum and that's how I learned about this one. I'm glad he did because I'm glad for the opportunity to communicate with more agnostics. I've been wondering how I fit into the spectrum of beliefs called agnosticism. It would be so much easier if we had an agnostiGod to tell us what to believe.
So hopefully, no one is annoyed by this thread.
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Originally Posted by to_hobbes I am not an expert and I only just recently joined. As far as I can see, being a member simply means receiving an occasional newsletter. |
There are also some action groups you can join to help seek civic equality for all brights (even those who haven't signed up). The movement is all about assisting with action so anytime they see an opportunity for individuals to take action, they try and point it out to the group. However, they steadfastly refuse to speak on behalf of the group. Its up to the individuals to speak out on their own behalf.
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Originally Posted by to_hobbes They also have a "brights forum" much like this agnostics forum. You have to sign up for that separately. It seems that being a member of the brights means being part of the political movement and that does not make you a a member of the forum. Of course you can sign up for both.
I first heard about it when I heard that Richard Dawkins was a supporter of this movement. I looked it up, and decided to join, and I also joined the forums. I've been posting there for a few weeks now. I think the group there is a bit more diverse and action oriented than "Agnostics Forum", so the discussions are a just a bit different than some of the laid-back discussions I've seen here. |
Its been my experience that there are some on the Brights forum who want to be action oriented and some who are there to debate the differences between athiests and agnostics, freewill, etc. This leads to some frustration amongst those wanting to see action towards civic equality for brights but what can you do. The forum is a small subset of the total Brights group and I think it tends to attract those who like to debate. The philisophical discussions generally get way deeper than I can tolerate but once in awhile I'll improve my beliefs slightly based on some of the discussions.
The main conclusion I've come to with regard to those debates is that any difference in beliefs between agnostics, atheists, humanists, freethinkers, etc boils down to a very trivial issue when applied to everyday life.