On 1/31/2017 9:32 AM, Telmo Menezes wrote:
Are you really agnostic about the god of theism?
Quoting from wikipedia:
"The term theism derives from the Greek theos meaning "god". The term
theism was first used by Ralph Cudworth (1617–1688).[5] In Cudworth's
definition, they are "strictly and properly called Theists, who
affirm, that a perfectly conscious understanding being, or mind,
existing of itself from eternity, was the cause of all other
things".[6]
Atheism is commonly understood as rejection of theism in the broadest
sense of theism, i.e. the rejection of belief in a god or gods.[7] The
claim that the existence of any deity is unknown or unknowable is
agnosticism.[8][9]"
So the existence of any deity, say Yaweh or Zeus or Baal, is unknown or
unknowable?
I would say that, under these definitions, the correct scientific
stance is to be agnostic.
And exactly why would you take a definition from a 17th century
theologian and Platonist as authoratative? Are you also agnostic about
polytheism and pantheism and deism? Does agnostic mean you think
nothing can be known about these questions - or does it just mean you're
not absolutely certain about the answer.
Brent
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