QUOTE(CheeZe @ Mar 13 2006, 09:52 PM)
Then technically, you don't actually know. You're placing a bet that there is no god; this follows the same mistakes as any religion.
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Ya, that's right. But the difference between atheism and religion is, the bet is
highly in the atheist's favor. It's a simple formula of weighing chance, cost, and outcome. You decide partly on what the chance is, fully on what the cost is, and very little on what the outcome is. So much of it can vary from person to person.
Agnostic has a flaw too. If you use that type of thinking on
every aspect of your life, you'll never make up your mind.
"Should I wear the white socks or black socks today? I believe the white socks look better, but I'm not 100% sure. It's best if I just don't decide. Cause there's no 100% way I can be certain."
But I know you don't think like that when you're putting on your socks. Because it generally just doesn't really matter that much on what socks you wear.
However, if I told you that wearing black socks is the only way to protect from a new strain of bacteria that will consume the earth in only a year, you'll then start to think like this:
"I should start wearing the black socks just to be safe. Incase that bacteria thing is true."
But I know you won't do that.
You'll want to see more proof before you make that kind of decision; You're not naive. And that is why you're most likely agnostic. I see where you're coming from. It makes sense.
But the thing is, what if the cost of security was much higher? Instead of black socks, it was going to church, changing your beliefs, and maybe even having to become a missionary. Would you still do it? You only have 2 options. If you sit there and do nothing, you're physically doing the exact same thing an atheist would do; nothing.
Burden of proof lies on the religious side. Agnostic and atheist are both in the same boat. They
both ask for proof. Only difference is, atheists have decided the religious side has more than enough time to prove that they're not talking out of their asses, and repeating things liars have said dozens to thousands of years ago. Agnostics think either they still need more time, or that they will never be able to do it. That's it.
When the world ends, we'll both go to the same place. Wether it be heaven, hell, or neither. At the end of the world, not making a decision can still be looked at as making a decision.