agnostics what do you think about this statement?

Question

"A non committed coward scared there may be a god so they stay obedient to an imaginary god. They wish there was a god but can't own up to his demands. They are too cowardly to go all the way and admit there is no god and that it is all a fairy tale."

~ Louis L~

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Answer 1

While there might be someone who fits this bill, you could also have a Pascal's Wager atheist.
"I don't believe there is a God, but in case I'm wrong I'll hedge my bets." How many theists believe for fear of consequence, not for positive measure?

The fence-sitting attack is often used, I'm yet to see an atheist who can actually claim evidence that there is no God. I might consider myself a "sub-Einsteinian" agnostic. I see order in the universe that might suggest a Creator, but my understanding (which probably exceeds 99% of the R&S crowd) is insufficient to reach the conclusions Einstein reached. Then again, I can handle all the equations in relativity, but I can only understand it superficially.

Answer 2

I don't stay obedient to any god. I am agnostic and, to me, it means that I can't prove either way that there is or is not.

However, there is no definite proactivity to do this on my part, I just get on wih my life, try not to upset other people and make full use of my existence.

By referencing agnosticism to a god, sounds just like saying "I stay obedient to Narthmonder Shoedough in the Delta quadrant" in other words, total codswallop.

Answer 3

Having been an agnostic, the reference to being a "coward" is inaccurate. They simply believe in the possibility, but are undecided. Like many of us, they just are searching for the truth on this spiritual journey of life. The statement itself is designed to foster anger or shame, not truth. It does not support belief either for or against the existence of God.

Answer 4

Hmmm, no agnostic I know stays obedient to any god, as they do not know what god might be or how to be obedient to it/them.
I disagree that atheism is the logical choice, although much more logical than Abrahamic religions. I believe no one has the answers to unknowns, as they are unknown. An absolute statement about an unknown is based on faith in my opinion. Although it is easier for me to believe in no god than in an anthropomorphic god; I stand by the position that I do not know unknowns, and will not carry an absolute position about an unknown. If that means some will call me cowardly, so be it. My self worth comes from me, not from the opinions of others.

Answer 5

Rubbish

Answer 6

It sad to say that most people have this thinking. But im an agnostic not because i am afraid but because of the fact that i feel it is simply impossible to tell whether god truly exist or not, although most likely he doesn't. That statement is too gneral.

Answer 7

I disagree with it in regards to myself. I am an agnostic because of lack of empirical proof in both directions - proving and disproving deities. I do not hold deities to be important in my life as they are an unknown entity and until better defined don't deserve my attentions like humanity does.

Answer 8

I am an agnostic; I do not pretend to know what many ignorant men are sure of.
Clarence Darrow (1857 - 1938)

Answer 9

Man, that Louis is/was dumb.

I'm atheist-agnostic (.01% close to gnostic).

He can't even figure out that agnostics are STILL either theist or atheist.

Answer 10

Sounds like a bunch of rubbish to me.