Anthony, I would call myself an ‘agnostic’.
The roots of the word are ‘a’, which means ‘without’ (like ‘amoral’), and ‘gnosis’ which means ‘knowledge of spiritual truths’. So an ‘agnostic’ would be someone ‘ has no knowledge of spiritual truths’ – and that description fits me to a tee. More commonly it is used to mean someone who believes that spiritual truths (like whether or not God exists) are unknowable. I’d agree with that definition also, but not because of the usual reason – the belief that spiritual truths exist, but are unknowable to humans. I believe spiritual truths are unknowable because there are no spiritual truths. Spirits, spirituality, etc.., are all illusory. There is only one Truth, and that is Just THIS! …Bill! From: Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com [mailto:zen_fo...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Anthony Wu Sent: Sunday, October 17, 2010 7:15 AM To: Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [Zen] Re: Don't pray in my school and I won't think in your church. ED, Agnostic, if I understand correctly, means sceptic. If so, I can be tolerant. If you and Bill go further to become an unbeliever, I will summon a jihad. Anthony --- On Sun, 17/10/10, ED <seacrofter...@yahoo.com> wrote: From: ED <seacrofter...@yahoo.com> Subject: [Zen] Re: Don't pray in my school and I won't think in your church. To: Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com Date: Sunday, 17 October, 2010, 7:49 AM Anthony, I believe that Bill, like me, is an agnostic where karma, rebirth and the supernatural are concerned. --ED --- In Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com, Anthony Wu <wu...@...> wrote: > > Bill, > > That proved my suspicion that you are a Communist (Red Star), because you deny karma, rebirth and retribution. So you will be at home at the Party, enjoying bribes without compunction. > > Anthony __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 5538 (20101016) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 5538 (20101016) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com
