On 8 Sep 2006, at 4:27PM, Charlie Bell wrote:
On 08/09/2006, at 3:47 PM, Ritu wrote:
Okay, I can often do diplomacy. So here goes:
I think that agnosticism is the only rational position in this
argument,
that everything else, atheism included, is as much a matter of
personal
wishes and comfort as anything else.
I disagree - atheism is a perfectly rational position. There are
many forms of god espoused, many religions, and none seem to have
any more authority than any others. It just seems to depend where
you're born on which you get told is true. So it's not such a leap
to think that they're *all* stories. Plenty of good life lessons
and moral issues taught through those stories, but just stories
nevertheless.
Agnosticism : ~Believe {God(s) exist} is true
Atheism : Believe {God(s) exist} is ~true
Which are equivalent in a two-valued logic system.
True/False/Haggis Maru
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