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

[Kenneth Gorelick]

On May 22, 2007, at 2:08 PM, Howard Brazee wrote:

> Ken Koester wrote:
>> Howard Brazee wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> That is a common statement made by theists about atheists.   But I
>>> haven't seen atheists agree that it is true.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>> I don't doubt it; it would be galling to have to admit that  
>> ultimately
>> your arguments against a set of beliefs amount to a belief in
>> themselves, there being no objective evidence of any kind to bear  
>> on the
>> issue, either for or against.  All too soon you will *know* one  
>> way or
>> the other--why sweat it?
>>
>> Snarkhunter
>>
> Except atheists aren't close enough to believing it for that
> (considering if they were wrong), to be an issue.    We don't have a
> believe system that the Easter Bunny doesn't exist nor that the  
> moon is
> made of green cheese either.
> _

Obviously language is lacking. Because, with limited excpetions, the  
existence of the Easter Bunny (at least for me) does not fall into  
ANY of the categories: believes it exists, believes it doesn't exist,  
or not certain. We clearly need a fourth category: Don't care.