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Originally Posted by poincicco  I can't imagine this idea hasn't already been kicked around on this forum. But, I am new here, so I'll just go ahead and throw it out there (again?). It has taken many years for my evangelical Xtn faith to dissolve, bringing me to the point where I had to be honest with myself and admit that I really had no good reason to go on believing in God. So, I guess that means I'm an atheist...right? Wrong. I faced that possibility and then had to admit that I really couldn't state categorically that God does not exist. I just don't know enough to be comfortable with such an affirmation. For me it would demand FAITH to hold to such a position...a faith I just don't have. I admit that I don't BELIEVE in God. But, on the other hand, I can't say that I KNOW he/she/it doesn't exist. I just don't KNOW that. That's when I recognized that what I am saying here is that I am an AGNOSTIC. I had been told that an agnostic is a cowardly atheist. But I don't accept that. Atheism, for me, demands a level of faith that I just don't have. Hence my question: in your opinion, dear reader, are atheists actually "believers"? Any thoughts here? | No. The general rule of atheism is that there is no faith involved. Some atheists believe there is no God which requires faith, however they are in the minority. Even if they were the majority it doesn't change the actual definition.
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And on we walked. Suddenly we heard a voice crying, "This is the sea. This is the deep sea. This is the vast and mighty sea." And when we reached the voice it was a man whose back was turned to the sea, and at his ear he held a shell, listening to its murmur.
And my soul said, "Let us pass on. He is the realist, who turns his back on the whole he cannot grasp, and busies himself with a fragment."
—Gibran Khalil Gibran, “The Greater Sea.” |