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Pastimes : Let's Talk About Our Feelings!!! -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: epicure who wrote (26963)	12/13/1998 7:50:00 PM
From: E	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 108807

No need to argue. I could call myself an agnostic in honor of the argument that nobody knows anything for sure, and hey, maybe even something as outlandish as the god-concept could conceivably be proved in some way tomorrow. But the reason I call myself an atheist instead, is that the idea I'd be sort of half-entertaining by accepting the agnostic position is an idea actually humorous to me. I mean, it literally strikes me as comical. So it is a much truer statement of my beliefs to say that I positively don't believe the construct, since I don't, than to say something like, "I think the notion of a deity is childish and very funny, if you think about it, I'm an... agnostic." All we have is our convictions about life. My conviction is that there is no God. So why should I beat around the bush. That's called being an atheist, in my book. But someone who feels different, that's fine. In my experience, though, agnostics are usually atheists, when they get to talking.

To: epicure who wrote (26963)	12/13/1998 8:10:00 PM
From: Graystone	Respond to of 108807

Hawking on God or The Future A Quote From A Brief History of Time by S. Hawking "However, if we do discover a complete theory, it should in time be understandable in broad principle by everyone, not just a few scientists. Then we shall all, philosophers, scientists, and just ordinary people, be able to take part in the discussions of the question of why it is that we and the universe exist. If we find the answer to that, it would be the ultimate triumph of human reason-for then we would know the mind of God."