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To: neolib who wrote (284610)

12/4/2015 12:45:01 PM

From: koan

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I agree. When I say I do not believe, I am not saying I know. I am only saying the evidence does not allow me to believe it. I also do not believe that any large dinosaurs still exist on earth, or that this is the only universe, and that there are many more dimensions, but I could be wrong.

But until the evidence changes my mind, that is what I will believe and live my life accordingly. I think agnostics should be reserved for people that are truly in doubt. I am in a state of doubt, about whether the human species will survive, or if a Democrat will be elected president. Those are both pretty poor examples:)>.

A long time ago I posted a piece by Charles Pierce when he said everyone is in one of three states of mind: belief, disbelief or a state of doubt. And the person will stay in one of those three states until some new evidence, or event, comes in to move them out of one state of mind and to another state of mind.

He said we have no control over these states of mind. And as facts or events change, so can our states of mind change. With regard to conventional religion I am 99.999% sure it is wrong. But I leave a little room for my being wrong.

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But we don't tend to be agnostic on the myriad possibilities of other things that have no evidence for existence. Atheism is more just staying true to the facts which is that there don't seem to be any in support of the Gods. Saying you are agnostic is like trying to strike a balance when there is 0 on one side.

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