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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How is accepting other possibilities "chicken shit"? I don't get the argument. As it's oh so brave not to believe. Are you in kindergarten? LOL[/quote]
I think most people aren't accepting other possibilities, I think they want to have a back up plan. I also think they think saying "I'm agnostic" isn't as grating or shocking as saying "I'm an atheist". Like it's so much easier to face a catholic and tell them, "I suppose you could be right", even when you know they aren't.[/quote]

Sorry, second pp, you're reading too much into this. Agnosticism is not "atheism lite," it's a different concept. There is nothing wrong with being atheist, but I'm not one. For me "No one can know about God" is a more exact and correct statement than "I KNOW there is no God." I think there's no God, but can't ever know this. Since I don't believe in intervention or hell, I'm fine where I am. FWIW I find it easier to say, "I'm not a believer" or "I don't believe" because hauling out the A-words usually ends with having to discuss all the semantics.[/quote]

Well, I'm entitled to my opinion. What I think is that there is no usefulness in agnosticism. If you take its true meaning, then we MUST therefore be agnostic on EVERYTHING. So yeah, the spaghetti monster argument resonates with me. I believe there is no proof of god's existence so I chose to live my life as though he does not exist. I'm not interested in the philosophical part of theism, I simply discard what is not useful to me (superstition and myth) and move on with my life. It doesn't do me any good on a day-to-day basis to live in doubt. I mean, should I go to church "what if?" Should I pray "what if"? Should I not take birth control or believe I'm going to hell "just in case"? What a miserable and timid way to live. [/quote]
You sound defensive as if someone is twisting your arm to believe. I would argue that allowing only "useful" things, thoughts, and feelings into your life constitutes a rather miserable way to live.[/quote]

What is the value of letting useless things into your life?[/quote]

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