At 10/27/09 09:34 AM, morefngdbs wrote:
"benevolent & kind" , I'm just asking , but where do you get that from ?
Someone who condemns someone to eternal suffering...IMO , should never be mentioned in the same sentence as kind...or benevolent !
Just as mentioned by every Christian I've come across.
At 10/27/09 05:12 PM, JohnnyWang wrote:
what religions do you rank as equally unlikely/equally likely as other faiths/nonfaith?
Well that doesn't boil down to being Agnostic, that's more personal preference. Even though we understand there's no way to prove either side it doesn't mean we mightn't have preferences.
I believe that there may be a higher power, but he is nothing like he is made out to be. I believe that if there is a higher power that he is not perfect. I don't know whether he intended to create life or if we're just some chain from his creation, whatever that might be.
Are scientology and Hinduism equally likely? Wicca and buddhism? Universal Pantheism and Westboro Baptist Christianity?
No, I rank them differently. But remember this is simply due to personal preference. I rank Scientology out mainly because of it's origins, it's creator being a mad science fiction writer. Remember that the concept of being agnostic isn't about beliefs but instead understanding that there's no way to prove higher powers exist.
Mind you, I rank a lot of religions in the same vein, simply because I have my own theories and legitimacy cannot be proved in any way.
Like I said, I'm ana theist, but I don't dismiss the possibility of some higher power, I just think it's unlikely, and that it's unlkely that said power is anything like most of the gods portrayed in religions.
I'm in the same boat on that one.
