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Originally Posted by Jordan G
Yeah, an agnostic is someone who claims absolute knowledge can't be attained. God may exist but can't prove it. God may be a fairy tale but can't prove it. It takes as much faith for an athiest to say there isn't a creator as it takes Matt to say there is.
I'm not advocating either way - that's just my defintion. Bertrand Russell is my favorite one though.
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Maybe I'm mischaracterizing myself. I really don't give religion a thought one way or the other during the normal course of my daily/weekly/yearly routine. When bad things happen to good people, thoughts bubble to the surface and make me think why? After that, the thoughts go away and I'm back to my non-thinking about it stage. It generally never even enters my mind.
My wife was raised Catholic and it was important enough to her to have our kids baptized and attend services with them on the main Holy Days. If she and they want to "believe" that's fine by me.
I don't care if God is on our money, in the Pledge or if someone wishes me a Merry Christmas. If it's important to them, do what they have to do.
OTOH I just don't spend time thinking about it, outside of those 2 or 3 times a year that make me question if there is, why...?
Four kids, one with special needs, all of their activities, work, marriage, beer, cars, boats and football keep my mind fairly taxed and don't leave much room for internal theological and philosophical discussions.
