Is being an agnostic playing it safe?

@pettytalk said
are you implying, as a declared atheist, that you are only atheistic towards the existence of the Christian god?

I would describe myself as an agnostic atheist. The term atheist, on its own, probably more appropriately applies to Ghost of a Duke. I am agnostic about all "revealed Gods". My interest in Christianity is partly because I was myself a Christian for the better part of 30 years and partly because this forum is populated by Christians. I've had plenty of conversations with Muslims elsewhere.

@pettytalk said
I'm honored for you to consider my petty talk worthy of a thread creation, and opened for discussion.

It remains to be seen whether you will rise to the challenge.

@pettytalk said
I suppose that I can overlook your plagiarism, since you did not disclose and give credit the author, me.

It can't be described as plagiarism because I did not try to pass it of as my own. If, on the other hand, you think it was an unkind act, so be it.

@fmf said
moonbus's post was about the agnosticism of an Anglican priest he knows

That's as may be, but my post was about Anglicans being "fence-sitters" which was his description, not mine. It was this that I responded to.

@fmf said
I would describe myself as an agnostic atheist. The term atheist, on its own, probably more appropriately applies to Ghost of a Duke. I am agnostic about all "revealed Gods". My interest in Christianity is partly because I was myself a Christian for the better part of 30 years and partly because this forum is populated by Christians. I've had plenty of conversations with Muslims elsewhere.

A cornerstone of Islam is that Allah has not revealed himself.

Convenient. It opens the door for others to step in and speak for him.

@suzianne said
That's as may be, but my post was about Anglicans being "fence-sitters" which was his description, not mine. It was this that I responded to.

Your post was responding to moonbus's post talking about agnosticism. In your post you talked about it in terms of it being fence-sitting, crowd-pleasing, and wishy-washy.

@suzianne said
A cornerstone of Islam is that Allah has not revealed himself.

And yet Islam and Judaism and Christianity are "revealed religions", with their prophets, visions, and visitations.

@suzianne said
Convenient. It opens the door for others to step in and speak for him.

"Speak for" whom?

And in what way?

@suzianne said
A cornerstone of Islam is that Allah has not revealed himself.

Revealed religions have religious texts which they view as divinely or supernaturally revealed or inspired. For instance, Orthodox Jews, Christians and Muslims believe that the Torah was received from God on biblical Mount Sinai. ~ wiki

@suzianne said
That's as may be, but my post was about Anglicans being "fence-sitters" which was his description, not mine. It was this that I responded to.

So your post was about Anglicans being "fence-sitters", "crowd pleasers", and "wishy washy" because they are Anglicans and NOT because some of them are agnostics?

@fmf said
Your post was responding to moonbus's post talking about agnosticism. In your post you talked about it in terms of it being fence-sitting, crowd-pleasing, and wishy-washy.

He mentioned fence-sitting Anglicans. I provided a non-fence-sitting Anglican's view. Neither he nor I was speaking of agnosticism.

The whole world doesn't revolve around you or your concepts. Not even this corner of it most of the time.

@fmf said
So your post was about Anglicans being "fence-sitters", "crowd pleasers", and "wishy washy" because they are Anglicans and NOT because some of them are agnostics?

My post was about his description of Anglicans. What is so hard about this for you?

@suzianne said
He mentioned fence-sitting Anglicans. I provided a non-fence-sitting Anglican's view. Neither he nor I was speaking of agnosticism.

He said: "I once knew an Anglican priest who claimed he did not know whether God exists. I guess that’s fairly typical of Anglicanism, they’re sort of fence sitters on all kinds of dogmatic issues."

@fmf said
And yet Islam and Judaism and Christianity are "revealed religions", with their prophets, visions, and visitations.

That does not change the fact that Islam claims that Allah is unrevealed.

@suzianne said
My post was about his description of Anglicans. What is so hard about this for you?

The post you were replying to was about an Anglican priest moonbus knows who is an agnostic which, moonbus claimed, is fairly typical of Anglicanism.