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  • Agnostic (for me) = I don't know for sure (if there is a God/Supreme Being) and I don't care.

    Also see my sig.
    "Respect the gods, but have as little to do with them as possible." - Confucius
    "Give nothing to gods and expect nothing from them." - my motto

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    • Originally posted by SlowwHand
      Mortal man can't grasp it, Fanatic. Not to worry.
      Isn't that statement agnostic?

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      • Doubtful.
        Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take, but by the moments that take your breath away.
        "Hating America is something best left to Mobius. He is an expert Yank hater.
        He also hates Texans and Australians, he does diversify." ~ Braindead

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        • Originally posted by SlowwHand
          Doubtful.
          Another statement that could be taken as agnostic.

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          • Agnostics are notoriously dense, little wonder you can't grasp.


            Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take, but by the moments that take your breath away.
            "Hating America is something best left to Mobius. He is an expert Yank hater.
            He also hates Texans and Australians, he does diversify." ~ Braindead

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            • So no explaination as to why your statements shouldn't be viewed as agnostic?

              If you were trying for sarcasm with both statements perhaps you should refine your writing style to convey it more clearly.

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              • Bah, agnostics are fence-sitters who want to sound superior.

                No, I can't prove that a God does not exist with any certainty. Nor can I prove that there isn't a magical pink unicorn on the dark side of the moon, or that I'm currently typing on a computer with any certainty. But it's extremely improbable that either God or the magical pink unicorn on the dark side of the moon exist or that I'm not currently typing on a computer, so I might as well say that God does not exist, there are no magical pink unicorns on the dark side of the moon, and I'm typing on a computer.

                If I can't say there is no God without adding a qualifer , I can't assert anything without adding similar qualifiers. And where would the English language be then?!
                Last edited by Ramo; May 23, 2002, 19:17.
                "Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before. He is full of murderous resentment of people who are ignorant without having come by their ignorance the hard way. "
                -Bokonon

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                • What do you care? You want it all in Spanish anyway.
                  Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take, but by the moments that take your breath away.
                  "Hating America is something best left to Mobius. He is an expert Yank hater.
                  He also hates Texans and Australians, he does diversify." ~ Braindead

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                  • Only for you.
                    "Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before. He is full of murderous resentment of people who are ignorant without having come by their ignorance the hard way. "
                    -Bokonon

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                    • Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take, but by the moments that take your breath away.
                      "Hating America is something best left to Mobius. He is an expert Yank hater.
                      He also hates Texans and Australians, he does diversify." ~ Braindead

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                      • Reading through the thread you made several derogatory statements about agnostics. I was just wondering if you would apply the same reasoning to your own doubts and qualified statements.

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                        • I didn't hide the fact at all that I think agnostics are little pansies who are afraid to make a decision.
                          Where did I lose you, and what doubts of mine could you possibly be referencing?
                          Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take, but by the moments that take your breath away.
                          "Hating America is something best left to Mobius. He is an expert Yank hater.
                          He also hates Texans and Australians, he does diversify." ~ Braindead

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                          • Hypothetical doubts. Or do you know everything? The statement I quoted seemed to imply agnostic reasoning. I just was wondering if you meant it that way, and if you did, if you apply the same judgement towards yourself as towards others.

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                            • I never claimed every decision I ever made was correct.
                              What I did say, was that concerning anything, not only God, that the only automatic wrong decision is no decision.
                              That's a correct statement, and position.

                              "I don't know, and I'm not going to make a decision" is kind of sad.
                              Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take, but by the moments that take your breath away.
                              "Hating America is something best left to Mobius. He is an expert Yank hater.
                              He also hates Texans and Australians, he does diversify." ~ Braindead

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                              • That's not what I was implying. Here it is as plainly as I can put it:

                                Do you have any doubts whatsoever?
                                Do you ever qualify your statements or use agnostic reasoning (on any subject)?

                                Does a yes to either of the previous questions make you "[a] little pans[y] who [is] afraid to make a decision"?

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