Clarifying beliefs
It’s often suggested by atheists (ones that have genuinely considered the existence (or lack thereof) of the various god beliefs, rather than those who are generally inconclusive about such matters) that one can both be agnostic (adj.) and an atheist, or hold a variety of other, complementary and non-mutually exclusive, positions.
I agree.
However, this idea isn’t necessarily shared or understood by those who generally consider themselves “agnostics”, or by theists in general, and even by some atheists.
So, to help clarify the issue, principally for myself (and anyone else who is interested) I have constructed this belief table which I will update as and when necessary, to record my position on the various claimed god beliefs.
If you have any evidence of the gods that I’ve mentioned (supporting or otherwise) or indeed of any additional gods (or other supernatural entities) and evidence to support your belief (or lack thereof) in their existence, please let me know, and I’ll consider the claim and the evidence, and I may adjust my position accordingly.
(Note: the table may not be 100% at the moment, as I still need to double and triple check everything.)
February 28th, 2007 at 2:58 pm
The belief table is a good idea. I wonder if there will ever be an entry which reads “theist.”
Also, how dare you consider Odin fictional! Thor shall smite you down for such heresy! (:-)) After reading your post, I toyed with the idea of doing something similar but then decided all the entries would end up reading “considered fictional” so I gave up on it!
I take it you aren’t going to include satire like the Flying Spaghetti Monster?
February 28th, 2007 at 3:04 pm
I knew that I’d forget at least a few ‘gods’, but I’ll consider the noodliness of FSM and add it to the list. ;-)
You’ve also just reminded me that I need to sort out these damned comments so that you don’t have to put your details in every time. Thank Guinness for greasemonkey!