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Chatterbox / Re: Why Agnostics Suck
« on: April 26, 2011, 07:12:20 AM »
I like to think of four possibilities when it comes to faith: gnostic theism, agnostic theism, agnostic atheism and gnostic atheism.
A gnostic theist is your average preaching Christian, who is 100% sure there is a god.
Most of the Christians I know fall under the category of agnostic theists. A whole lot of them just don't think about their faith.
Agnostic atheists are often still unsure about their faith and it's in this category that fall people described in the video.
Gnostic atheists are those who are sure there is no god.
Now here's the problem. While gnostic theists and theists may seem to be as bad when it comes to devotion and extremism, I see a difference between the two. The gnostic theist is gnostic because he truly has faith, and why wouldn't he? It's what faith is about - believing everything their religions tell them, no matter how ridiculous it may seem to be. On the other hand, a gnostic atheist bases his gnosticism solely on the fact that there are simply no evidences showing the existence of a superior being. He is not "following" or "believing" atheism but instead simply relying on rationality and reason (why would the existence of a god be more probable than the existence of an invisible pink unicorn right on a moon of Jupiter?). To me, a case of the latter, it seems completely different than being a mormon preacher...
A gnostic theist is your average preaching Christian, who is 100% sure there is a god.
Most of the Christians I know fall under the category of agnostic theists. A whole lot of them just don't think about their faith.
Agnostic atheists are often still unsure about their faith and it's in this category that fall people described in the video.
Gnostic atheists are those who are sure there is no god.
Now here's the problem. While gnostic theists and theists may seem to be as bad when it comes to devotion and extremism, I see a difference between the two. The gnostic theist is gnostic because he truly has faith, and why wouldn't he? It's what faith is about - believing everything their religions tell them, no matter how ridiculous it may seem to be. On the other hand, a gnostic atheist bases his gnosticism solely on the fact that there are simply no evidences showing the existence of a superior being. He is not "following" or "believing" atheism but instead simply relying on rationality and reason (why would the existence of a god be more probable than the existence of an invisible pink unicorn right on a moon of Jupiter?). To me, a case of the latter, it seems completely different than being a mormon preacher...