Matt Grimaldi wrote:
>
> John D. Giorgis wrote:
> >
> > In practice, I think that many, if not most,
> > agnostics are simply "honest atheists." Since
> > true atheism would require a matter of faith -
> > since a negative cannot be proved, many people who
> > might casually be thought of as "atheists" tend to
> > self-characterize themselves as "agnostic." As
> > such, I think a great many of self- described
> > agnostics strongly "lean" atheist.
>
> So why bring up a topic such as religion when you
> have already concluded that there is nothing you
> could say and nothing they could say that would
> put both sides on the same page? I can only think
> that you would bring it up for some other reason
> than to discuss it rationally.
Because there are people other than agnostics and atheists here who
might be interested in a discussion of a religious topic such as the one
John posted that caught him some nasty flack from at least one
areligious person?
Julia
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