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Oct. 19th, 2004 10:05 am
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I'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?

Date: 2004-10-19 04:44 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kaysho.livejournal.com
How can I have any confidence in the nature or existence of an afterlife when I'm not even sure what I'm going to have for lunch today? :)

Date: 2004-10-19 06:49 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] poliphilo.livejournal.com
I have that problem too. Whatever happened to the sci-fi future we were promised where all you had to do at meal-times was take a pill?

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