Spirituality
11 Feb 18
Originally posted by @divegeester"If a man has failed to find any good reason for believing that there is a God, it is perfectly natural and rational that he should not believe that there is a God;.."
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agnostic_atheism
Now do us all a favour and stfu.
The operative word in that assertion is 'failed'.
Originally posted by @secondsonWell, it's only natural for you to believe that someone joining your religion has been "successful" and that someone joining a different religion or not being persuaded by any religion has "failed" in your eyes. There's a great deal of partisan sentiment and black-and-white groupist certainty in pretty much all the major retail religions.
"If a man has failed to find any good reason for believing that there is a God, it is perfectly natural and rational that he should not believe that there is a God;.."
The operative word in that assertion is 'failed'.
Originally posted by @divegeesterRoman1009 wasn't genuinely interested.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agnostic_atheism
Now do us all a favour and stfu.
Originally posted by @fmfRomans1009, if you change your mind and become interested, take a look at this Thread 175618.
Roman1009 wasn't genuinely interested.
Originally posted by @fmfHow quickly you go off topic.
Well, it's only natural for you to believe that someone joining your religion has been "successful" and that someone joining a different religion or not being persuaded by any religion has "failed" in your eyes. There's a great deal of partisan sentiment and black-and-white groupist certainty in pretty much all the major retail religions.
The topic and subject is about "if a man has failed to find any good reason for believing that there is a God,.."
He has 'failed'.
Furthermore, the second half of the quote, "it is perfectly natural and rational that he should not believe that there is a God;.." , does not rationally follow the idea of the first, in that he, the man, "has failed to find any good reason for believing that there is a God,.."
How is it natural and rational to draw a conclusion about the existence of God when a man fails to find a reason for whether there be a God or not?
Sounds more as if that man is lost in the uncertainty of his own ability to reason rationally, even about his own existence.
Originally posted by @secondsonYes I know what you mean by "failed". I have also "failed" to become a Muslim. And "failed" to become a Sikh. I also "failed" to find a place to live in Semarang, so I moved to a place in Magelang instead.
How quickly you go off topic.
The topic and subject is about "if a man has failed to find any good reason for believing that there is a God,.."
He has 'failed'.
Furthermore, the second half of the quote, "it is perfectly natural and rational that he should not believe that there is a God;.." , does not rationally follow the idea of the first, in ...[text shortened]... s lost in the uncertainty of his own ability to reason rationally, even about his own existence.
If I ever start thinking you have any credible information about a creator being, I will let you know. Your particular religion has "failed" thus far.
If you want to claim in the meantime that this means I have "failed" to reason rationally, even about my own existence, then you go for it. Whatever floats your rhetorical boats.
Originally posted by @secondsonThe topic for me is agnostic atheism which "...is a philosophical position that encompasses both atheism and agnosticism. Agnostic atheists are atheistic because they do not hold a belief in the existence of any deity and agnostic because they claim that the existence of a deity is either unknowable in principle or currently unknown in fact." [wiki]
How quickly you go off topic.
Originally posted by @philokaliaRomans1009 didn't know what the term "agnostic atheism" meant - and he kept asking about it - so a thread has been started for his benefit.
So what's the background here?
Why should I care about this entry in Wikipedia?
11 Feb 18
Originally posted by @fmfThe topic isn't about you either.
Yes I know what you mean by "failed". I have also "failed" to become a Muslim. And "failed" to become a Sikh. I also "failed" to find a place to live in Semarang, so I moved to a place in Magelang instead.
If I ever start thinking you have any credible information about a creator being, I will let you know. Your particular religion has "failed" thus far.
...[text shortened]... lly, even about my own existence[/i], then you go for it. Whatever floats your rhetorical boats.
Perhaps your failure to be objective is the cause of your inability to debate rationally.
"If" you "ever start thinking" I "have any credible information about a creator being", then you're looking in the wrong direction.
Objectively speaking, "credible information" exists all around you independent of your ability to comprehend it. Rational comprehension is dependent on objective observation. Subjectivity follows after.
Belief, or faith, is the subjective response to rational objective observation.
Not believing, based on the idea that there is a lack of "credible information", is the subjective response to a negative, which is irrational.
To simply say "I don't know" would be the honest rational response when one fails to see and understand the meaning of the credible information that exists around him.
11 Feb 18
Originally posted by @secondsonFor me personally, it is, in a way, because it was me self-identifying as an agnostic atheist on another thread that has given rise to this thread.
The topic isn't about you either.
11 Feb 18
Originally posted by @fmfAgnostic atheism is a philosophical position held by those that base that belief on unknown information.
The topic for me is agnostic atheism which "...is a philosophical position that encompasses both atheism and agnosticism. Agnostic atheists are atheistic because they do not hold a belief in the existence of any deity and agnostic because they claim that the existence of a deity is either unknowable in principle or currently unknown in fact." [wiki]
Not a rational position to hold when there's no evidence for it.
11 Feb 18
Originally posted by @secondsonYou have a belief in supernatural creator being do you not? And you reckon you have some information about it and you believe everyone who hears it ought to believe it too, do you not? That's what I was referring to.
"If" you "ever start thinking" I "have any credible information about a creator being", then you're looking in the wrong direction.
11 Feb 18
Originally posted by @secondsonYour use of the words "objectively speaking" when you refer to your personal superstitions, and the ancient mythology that just so happens to appeal to you, doesn't work on me. Try that bit of rhetoric on someone else.
Objectively speaking, "credible information" exists all around you independent of your ability to comprehend it. Rational comprehension is dependent on objective observation. Subjectivity follows after.