[Dragaera] agnosticism (no flame) (was, long ago: (no spoilers) The 17 [Great Weapons])

[Kenneth Gorelick]

The reason for the statement is tautologic: any other position  
requires belief, and belief is intrinsically irrational. That does  
not make it wrong. It is simply the case that both belief and atheism  
require faith in either the existence or the non-existence of  
something that cannot be proved.

Ken
On May 21, 2007, at 10:32 PM, Mark A. Mandel wrote:

> I'm a consistent agnostic: I don't know, and I don't think anyone  
> else does either.
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> Subject: Re: [Dragaera] (no spoilers) The 17 [Great Weapons]
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> Kenneth Gorelick writes:
>   Agnosticism is the only position a rational being can take.
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> I find "[x] is the only position a rational being can take" statements
> abhorrent, and i'm an agnostic.
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