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poliphiloI'm not a believer. Not any more. But I'm not an atheist. Atheism is also a belief.
I suppose the word has to be agnostic. A know-nothing. I will sniff at any nebulous theory you choose to float under my nose- I love that sort of thing- but I'm afraid I won't be buying it- thanks all the same.
Is there a God? Any God worth its Name has to be utterly unknowable- and unknowable is practically the same as non-existent.
Are there gods? Of course- hundreds, nay thousands. They are the faces we see in clouds, in patterns of vegetation, in rock formations, in wallpaper. Most of my favourite gods are goddesses.
Is there Life after Death? I've had too many "intimations of immortality" to deny it. But I'm not going to affirm it either. Why don't we all just wait and see?
I suppose the word has to be agnostic. A know-nothing. I will sniff at any nebulous theory you choose to float under my nose- I love that sort of thing- but I'm afraid I won't be buying it- thanks all the same.
Is there a God? Any God worth its Name has to be utterly unknowable- and unknowable is practically the same as non-existent.
Are there gods? Of course- hundreds, nay thousands. They are the faces we see in clouds, in patterns of vegetation, in rock formations, in wallpaper. Most of my favourite gods are goddesses.
Is there Life after Death? I've had too many "intimations of immortality" to deny it. But I'm not going to affirm it either. Why don't we all just wait and see?
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Date: 2004-10-19 01:38 pm (UTC)That's an interesting distinction between atheists and antitheists. I certainly went through a phase of antitheism, but it was mainly
myself I was fighting. It's very difficult to free oneself of a lifetime of religious conditioning and sometimes only extreme and aggressive tactics will do.