DuncanMcNeil on 11 June 2007
| Keeper Garrett said: Being agnostic, I like my answer to be very simple. Humans cannot ever know/comprehend the existence of a being such as a "god". So it isn't something to worry about. |
In your statement you proclaim that you know that we cannot know whether a god exists?
Obviously you have then decided, that despite someone's belief or disbelief in god, they must be wrong because you know that we cannot possibly know if god exists?
Does this mean that the knowledge... for example.. that "god does not heal amputees" is irrelevant - or do we not in fact know if it is true (god healing or not healing amputees)?
Does this mean the people who have claimed to see god, and hear god talk to them, are wrong? Or that they cannot possibly know if he exists, ergo, they cannot know if that voice is god or not?
If you don't believe in any of the hateful gods, the ones that will kill you if you don't believe in them (the ones who also would thus - in their omnipotency be created the way they are by god) does that mean you know that they will not cause you to be in fire for eternity - or that you know that no one can know?
Obviously you cannot believe in two opposing views, while simultaneously knowing that you cannot choose, which means you know you won't burn in hell (making a choice), or you know you will burn in hell but don't care (making a choice as well). Either way you've made quite a choice. Not worrying about it means you have made a choice. Either you're worried God will smite us all for being gay or accepting gay people (just some crazy thing the chrazies (Christian + Crazy = Chrazy) believe in) or you have a problem with Christian Soldiers killing gay people, and restricting the rights of gay people.
You see - your determination in not making a hard (though in my opinion, easy) choice about the existance of God causes you to make hard decisions. You must know if slavery or racism is right or wrong, if you think they're wrong, you'd be disagreeing with Jesus himself.
I don't know which is crazier - believing in god, or not knowing for sure.
At the very least - you must admit the answer is far from simple.
