Agnostic TA Members

[idioteque]

I am surprised that there is not an "Agnostic" sub-forum.

[Svipdag]

WHY ?

[happycow]

hi

[Heather Duval]

[Kriptc06]

hey

[idioteque]

WHY ?

There is a section for those postulating there there is no God (Atheism), and some for those who postulate that there is a God (Christianity, etc.). It would make sense to additionally have a section devoted to those of us with beliefs that lie somewhere in the middle and/or are simply unsure.

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Hello.

[TEUTORIGOS]

There is a section for those postulating there there is no God (Atheism), and some for those who postulate that there is a God (Christianity, etc.). It would make sense to additionally have a section devoted to those of us with beliefs that lie somewhere in the middle and/or are simply unsure.




Hello.

Agnosticism is wussy cowardly fence-sitting :


Why is Intelligence Negatively Associated with Religiousness?

Abstract
We present three models which attempt to explain the robust negative association between religion and intelligence: the Irrationality of Religion Model, the Cultural Mediation Hypothesis, and the Savanna-IQ Interaction Hypothesis. We highlight problems with each of them and propose that the negative religion-IQ nexus can be understood through substantially revising the Savanna-IQ Interaction Hypothesis. We argue that religion should be regarded as an evolved domain or instinct. Intelligence, by contrast, involves rising above our instincts. It follows that an inclination toward the non-instinctive will thus be an aspect of intelligence because it will help us to solve problems. Thus, intelligence will involve being attracted to evolutionary mismatch, to that which we would not be instinctively evolved to be attracted to. It is this, we argue, that is behind the negative religion-intelligence nexus. We respond to potential criticisms of our model and we examine how this model can be further tested.

https://link.springer.com/article/10...806-017-0101-0

[Aldaris]

There is a section for those postulating there there is no God (Atheism), and some for those who postulate that there is a God (Christianity, etc.). It would make sense to additionally have a section devoted to those of us with beliefs that lie somewhere in the middle and/or are simply unsure.

Actually, at least in the broadest sense, to be considered an atheist, you do not necessarily have to assert that there's no god, it is sufficient for you not to actively believe in any deity, although quite a lot of people define atheism exactly like you do, so your understanding of the term is justified aswell.

[x54xx]

Actually, at least in the broadest sense, to be considered an atheist, you do not necessarily have to assert that there's no god, it is sufficient for you not to actively believe in any deity, although quite a lot of people define atheism exactly like you do, so your understanding of the term is justified aswell.

I live in the USA, being an agnostic here or saying "I don't know or care about your Bible" is equivalent to being an aggressive anti-religious bigot.

[Nurzat]

I am not concerned with the term, I know I am not religious, don't care if they call it atheism or agnosticism, I am just not interested in any form of religion or spiritual stuff. I also get a bad impression of religious people, and I consider mentally ill the very religious and militant ones that want to impose their religion on others. of course I think religion should be tolerated if kept in private space and does not bother anyone else