Poll: Where would you place yourself on this spectrum of beliefs? - Page 2

Piglet · 05-30-2007, 07:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Armel P

There is a true position of the agnostic and it is what Huxley meant by the term. He believe that both religion and atheism claim to have a certain knowledge which is not discoverable. His view shares logic with the scientific method: You draw conclusion on testable things. If something is tested and show to be probably true then one can places his/her confidence in that. If something is tested and show to be probably false one should not place any confidence in that assertion.

Armel P

So, reality is probably true?
Well, who is argueing here if reality is not true?
ANY phenomenon means a reality exists.

You cant argue if you dont exist....lol

What is probable is that we have very little idea of what is probable.
People dont think in probabillities. they think
DESIRE
And try to make that happen.

Thus the human world is a thing of desire.
Amd science is a thing 'hopefully' without desire.

Piglet

Vfr · 05-30-2007, 06:08 PM

I am at #5

gnubeard · 07-02-2007, 01:03 AM

6. I admit you can't prove or disprove the existence of a supernatural deity, but it seems extremely improbable that one exists.

jaej · 07-02-2007, 06:49 PM

I agree with og, but if I picked a number it would be about 5.75. hehe

Aaron · 07-08-2007, 10:21 PM

#5 myself. A few years ago - #4, and before that a #3. In a couple of years I suspect I'll be #6 or #7. It's all relative to life experience. Of course, when I'm on my death bead I'll probably go to #1 just to be safe.

**debdodd** · 07-08-2007, 10:54 PM

def ...def ...definately a 6 most days ... once in a while a 5 ....

duck · 07-08-2007, 11:30 PM

Mark me a 4. Been that way since I was a freshman in high school. Not likely to change. Probably started before that if I had been mature enough to understand the questions I was wanting to ask.

viz · 11-27-2007, 05:13 PM

"The God Delusion" is a book which really annoys me. It paints the reader as an idiot but does have some interesting points. However, trying to proove that god does not exist is just as silly as trying to proove that god does exist.

Geshtinnanna · 11-27-2007, 07:24 PM

I am a 7. And even if God itself gave me the test I would still live as if there was no God for me. Because there is not. Whether by truth or choice, I do not believe in deities.

romansh · 11-27-2007, 09:00 PM

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Originally Posted by DizzyDee

Accordingly to this scale (quoted from "The God Delusion" by Richard Dawkins), what do you think the probability that there is a god falls and how does it effect your life?

4. Completely impartial agnostic. Believes there is a 50/50 probability that God exists. "God's existence and non-existence are exactly equiprobable.

4. Completely impartial agnostic. Believes there is now way of knowing whether god exists. Knowing the probability of whether god exists or does not is meaningless. If god exists or does not won't change my behaviour one iota.

I could go on