Comments on: On Being Agnostic

By: niceguyted

niceguyted — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 04:40:25 +0000

Yup. Felmon Davis (davisf@union.edu) – Philosophy of Religion.

By: Margaret

Margaret — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 03:40:54 +0000

Gosh, I feel like we are sitting in Felmon Davis’ class again…those were good classes!

By: niceguyted

niceguyted — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 02:06:11 +0000

Take that, evildoers!

By: niceguyted

niceguyted — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 02:05:52 +0000

Your last sentence is the one I was looking for the whole time, Tom.

By: $@bs

$@bs — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 21:32:09 +0000

Definitely not into the bearded white old man theory and very much afraid of those who believe in Creation.

But philosophically speaking, those who deny the existence of a god contradict themselves in that some higher power must exist necessarily in order for atheists to have something not to believe in.

By: Tom

Tom — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 14:35:18 +0000

I agree with you wholefartedly, Ted. If there is a god, in my book “it” is nothing like the douchebag all the religions make “it” out to be. I am totally in the “I don’t know” camp and I am not interested in putting forth any effort to clear that up for myself. I am perfectly content with not knowing. I’ll find out when I’m dead. Meanwhile, I’ve got more fun things to do.

By: lily.nicole

lily.nicole — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 13:52:26 +0000

ARGH! I remember learning the “Four Postulates” in my first and only Philosophy class freshman year at college. Once the professor finished presenting this infallible proof of a greater deity’s existence, I was enraged.

This wasn’t proof; it was just using the strictest definition of each word to play-for lack of a better word-a trick. What kind of a sucker-douche would buy this? They had used logic so strictly in a field where logic is so malleable (the written word) the writer inside me wished that 18 years wasn’t considered “too old” for throwing spitballs. It’s like whoever wrote that was a retired criminal defense attorney and then turned to Philosophy to ease his guilt.

I closed my notebook that day and refused to do any more of the reading for the rest of the semester and somehow walked away with a B. Those four sentences molded one of my favorite concepts, “Philosophy is for suckers.”

Either way, I have a question. (nicole stretches her palm in the air, half jumps out of her seat). If I believe in my past lives and tarot cards, which side does that leave me on?

By: scott

scott — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 13:35:15 +0000

the beast has arrived we will hear the words of the dark lord by his mouth