On Fri, Jul 04, 2003 at 03:25:48PM -0000, iaamoac wrote:
> But what kind of discussion is it where one adopts a viewpoint that > one does not seriously believe? Why should those who disagree with > agnostics be forced to adopt their viewpoint?
If you are not willing to change your assumptions based on data, then the discussion will be rather limited.
Does that apply equally to atheists and agnostics as well as believers?
If religion is measured on a linear scale with atheists on one end and zealots and literalists on the other end, then it seems that agnostics are the most neutral and willing to change assumptions, and therefore the best viewpoint for a productive discussion. At least, that is how I interpreted David's comment.
So agnostics are just as willing to find out if God exists as they are to find out that God does not exist?
--Ronn! :)
I always knew that I would see the first man on the Moon.
I never dreamed that I would see the last.
--Dr. Jerry Pournelle
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