Wednesday, November 22, 2006

We are all Agnostics

Mr X is 99.99% certain god exists, he's an agnostic
Mrs X doesn't know and doesn't care, she's an agnostic
Ms Y is 99.99% certain there are no gods, she's an agnostic

The problem with "agnostic" is that it's virtually meaningless.
Taken to it's fullest literal meaning every sane person is an agnostic

Anybody who can't accept even the remotest possibility that they may be wrong about god(s) or pretty much anything is insane. Even the most fervent (un)believer must concede that, however unlikely, it's possible that they may have undetected brain damage, or may have been drugged or hypnotised, or may be hallucinating etc. Any of these conditions will affect perception and/or judgement.

I'm 99.99% certain there are no gods
I consider myself an atheist.

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