Agnostic Questions

[Kidlicious]

Do you need someone to explain the difference between objective uncertainty and subjective uncertainty? Maybe you aren't capable of answering the question.

[loinburger]

Do you need someone to explain the difference between objective uncertainty and subjective uncertainty? Maybe you aren't capable of answering the question.

[Jon Miller]

Do you believe that I, as an atheist, am going to hell? I'm pretty sure I recall you at one point saying that something like 90% of humanity is going to hell, apologies if I'm incorrect and it was somebody else who said this. Presumably I'm in that 90%, yet you aren't an obnoxious dick about my upcoming damnation. Why? I always figured it was a lack of certainty (or if you prefer, a degree of humility) on your part, i.e. "I'm pretty sure that loinburger is damned, but I'd feel like kind of an ******* if I told him this and it turned out I was wrong."

I don't actually believe in Hell (the traditional view).

I like Universalism and some days desire that to be the case, but I actually believe in Conditional Mortality.

I think that a large part of the human race is going to end up not existing.

I don't act like an obnoxious dick about my expected Continued Existence and that some others expected End of Existence because I am not God (There is humbleness there, I definitely do not understand The Truth and God does) and because it is wrong to be an obnoxious dick. The End of Existence for anyone is a Sad thing and if I can't personally feel great distress over it it is because of my own failings.

It isn't because I am concerned about turning out to be wrong. There are times that I am humble because I could be wrong (common in my work) and times because I am humble because it is right to be humble.

JM
(My humbleness does relate to my own recognition of my own failings.)

[loinburger]

It isn't because I am concerned about turning out to be wrong. There are times that I am humble because I could be wrong (common in my work) and times because I am humble because it is right to be humble.

Thanks, that makes sense - I was conflating the two forms of humility

[Kidlicious]

Thanks, that makes sense - I was conflating the two forms of humility

Your idea of humility is not being certain of your beliefs. Of course you will say it's not protesting funerals. How many times have I told anyone that they are going to hell except when they asked me? Being humble also means not demonizing people. Have you really put much thought into these matters?

[loinburger]

Your idea of humility is not being certain of your beliefs. Of course you will say it's not protesting funerals. How many times have I told anyone that they are going to hell except when they asked me? Being humble also means not demonizing people. Have you really put much thought into these matters?

[Kidlicious]

At least you answered my question that time, but then I already knew the answer.