Knowledge and belief are not synonymous. Most of us learned that in the second grade. Beliefs don't have to be justified, Spanky. Unreasonable belief is an outlook that has preceded many breakthroughs in the advancement of knowledge. Absence of evidence does not constitute evidence of absense.
right, nobody requires that you be sane. you can make up and believe anythig you want. i dont really understand why you would think that whatever idea you have in your head is any more true than the exact opposite, but ok. people want to believe in something i guess. might as well believe in something you admittedly have no knowledge of, or reason to believe in. maybe you can convert some followers to the church of red, where god has no description and maybe isnt even god, but you have faith in it anyways.
Skeptics are welcome in The Church of Red, martin. Just put your tithe in my Paypal account and you will be blessed above all cynics.
now that i think of it, i went to a church once that was just like the church of red. unitarian. you could believe anything you wanted there. many of the peeps there believe in red-ism. they are too smart to buy most nonsense, but they cant get over their need to believe in something, even if that something is basically nothing.
Naaa, I know some Unitarians. They are "unitary" all together. They are all over the map philosphically and even include pagans among them, but they essentially chant and sing together, pay their tribute, and are totally religous. The ones in my neighborhood are mainly Lesbitarians, anyway. Agnostics do not join together to be agnostic. I am singular in my beliefs.
let me give you another word origins lesson here. gnostic means having spiritual knowledge. a "gnostic" is a person who knows stuff and has beliefs. so of course the "a" in front again means "without", so an agnostic is basically a know nothing. which is why red goes down as a non-agnostic believer in my book. and my book is always right.
An atheist was taking a walk through the woods. What majestic trees! What powerful rivers! What beautiful animals!" he said to himself. As he was walking alongside the river he heard a rustling in the bushes behind him. He turned to look. He saw a 7 foot grizzly charge towards him. He ran as fast as he could up the path. He looked over his shoulder and saw that the bear was closing in on him. He looked over his shoulder again, and the bear was even closer. He tripped and fell on the ground. He rolled over to pick himself up but saw the bear right on top of him, reaching for him with his left paw and raising his right paw to strike him. At that instant the Atheist cried out: "Oh my God!..." Time stopped. The bear froze. The forest was silent. As a bright light shone upon the man, a voice came out of the sky: "You deny my existence for all of these years, teach others I don't exist, and even credit creation to a cosmic accident. Do you expect me to help you out of this predicament? Am I to count you as a believer?" The atheist looked directly into the light, "It would be hypocritical of me to suddenly ask You to treat me as a Christian now, but perhaps could you make the BEAR a Christian? "Very well," said the voice. The light went out. The sounds of the forest resumed. And then the bear dropped his right paw, brought both paws together and bowed his head and spoke: "Lord, bless this food, which I am about to receive from thy bounty through Christ our Lord, Amen."
