2007-09-23 11:57:18 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Hey qxz, I have to somewhat disagree. There may not be any "concrete proof" either way but there is "something" we just don't know who, what, when, where and so forth. I can't explain the sun and moon or where the 1st man and woman came from, but they're out here and came from somewhere.
If I found a new car in my driveway that wasn't mine, it doesn't mean the car doesn't exist because I don't know where it came from.
2007-09-23 12:55:54 · update #1
I agree, we just don't know enough about anything to believe or disbelieve in it. But I'm always reluctant to try to convert people to agnosticism as it seems a bit contradictory to positively believe that I'm right to believe in nothing... if you know what I mean.
2007-09-23 12:13:14 · answer #1 · answered by Partisan Cheese 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
"There is no evidence for or against X, therefore there should be no belief or disbelief in X. Now fill in the X with either the Flying Spaghetti Monster or God..."
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But you do know that the car exists.
I just thought that the quote was an interesting way of looking at things. I think that the God-of-the-gaps argument has always been weak.
Another quote (hopefully more relevant):
"To surrender to ignorance and call it God has always been premature, and it remains premature today." — Isaac Asimov.
2007-09-23 19:02:16 · answer #2 · answered by qxzqxzqxz 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
You likely believe that you will wake up tomorrow morning, but it can't be proven now.
You believe that man actually walked on the moon. Why...you weren't there...you can't prove it!
Do you believe that you can't prove one thing in the Bible that is false. It's amazing that such a large book has no mistakes.
You have faith that the sun will shine again and it will rain, but you can't prove it. You just have faith.
gere
2007-09-23 19:14:46 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Some people have an innate need to believe in something greater than themselves. I think this comes from an immature intellect that is unable to handle the thought that an adult individual is in charge of himself.
2007-09-23 19:15:43 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Most people are agnostic if they are honest with themselves.
But agnosticism is not a position on belief, it's a position concerning knowledge. Belief and knowledge are two different things.
So, you can either be an agnostic atheist or an agnostic theist/deist/pantheist/ whatever...
2007-09-23 19:01:45 · answer #5 · answered by Snark 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Maybe..I'd love to see some agnostic Christians on here. But they probalbly don't even exist.
:)
2007-09-23 19:01:23 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
OK so I'm weird for not believing in something I've found to be illogical.
2007-09-23 19:09:05 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because people WANTED to believe in something so they created scriptures and made up stuff to explain things.
2007-09-23 19:04:10 · answer #8 · answered by mystic_lonewolf22 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
If you can't believe in the unknown, I feel sorry for you.
I'm not just talking about religion, either. For example, do you believe in a happy future for yourself? There is no way to know about that, is there?
2007-09-23 19:15:51 · answer #9 · answered by Heidi 7 · 0⤊ 3⤋
It isn't the unknown because the Bible makes it known. It's wierd to believe in evolution; not because of the evidence but in spite of the evidence.
You are right; nothing has been proved, including evolution. Yet we can have a faith based on reason if we but seriously consider all of the evidence, which always supports the Bible and not evolution.
2007-09-23 19:03:31 · answer #10 · answered by utuseclocal483 5 · 0⤊ 7⤋