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Old 03-23-2012, 03:14 AM   #21 (permalink)
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@Alekseyev: it wasn't an excuse
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Old 03-23-2012, 03:58 AM   #22 (permalink)
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Agnosticism is taking the position that the existence or otherwise of a higher power is unknowable or not known.

Agnosticism/gnosticism is all about knowledge, whereas Theism/Atheism is all about belief.

So you could be an agnostic theist if you believe in God but don't claim to know there is a God.

Or you could be an agnostic atheist if you have no belief in God but don't claim to have knowledge that there is no God.

So pretty much everyone is an agnostic by this measurement as very few people claim to know for a fact (apart from the unreasonable and the nutjobs).

However, a lot of people use agnostic to indicate they aren't sure or haven't decided one way or another. So colloquially it has begun to mean this to people as well.
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Old 03-23-2012, 04:11 AM   #23 (permalink)
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By the way, in the UK we tend to be less religious than you guys in the US overall and someone like that Dennis Terry guy would never be able to have anything to do with a politician.

However, we don't have separation of church and state. All state schools have to by law have a broadly Christian "act of worship" every day! So there is no such thing as a secular education in the UK - think yourselves lucky you don't have that problem. And when atheists and secularists complain about it we are told to STFU because we are a Christian country - which we are, as our head of state is also the head of the Church of England. It makes me so angry.
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And when atheists and secularists complain about it we are told to STFU because we are a Christian country - which we are, as our head of state is also the head of the Church of England. It makes me so angry.
Why? You know this to be true. You've known it all of your life. It would be like going to Israel and complaining about Judaism.
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Why? You know this to be true. You've known it all of your life. It would be like going to Israel and complaining about Judaism.
But surely the vast majority of Israeli citizens are actually Jewish?

The UK is a total contradiction. It is technically a Christian country (because of the whole Head of State = Head of Church thing) however only 10%-20% of the population attend church regularly so the vast majority are not practising Christians. And that 10-20% includes other Christian denominations so not just Church of England.

Britain is the only Western democracy to require worship in non-religious publicly funded schools. I don't think it's inclusive to the Muslim, Hindu, Sikh, Jewish etc. and non-religious population to continue this way. It annoys me enough that my children have to take part in Christian worship to attend school but surely it must annoy those of other religions just as much.

Just because something has been the way it is all my life doesn't mean I can't wish it would change. The National Secular Society and the British Humanist Association are campaigning for it.
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But surely the vast majority of Israeli citizens are actually Jewish?
75.5% - many do not go to synagogue.

I bet 60-80% of people in the UK are Christian - the vast majority. We're not talking about going to church here.

I looked it up. 71.6% identify themselves as Christian. That's pretty close to Israel.

You can wish it to change, but you need to be realistic. That was exactly my point. Feel free to work for change, that's a good thing. Just don't be shocked if it doesn't happen.

Remember, what's being talked about here is a Christian Fundamentalist speaking at a political rally. This is exactly against (in my opinion) the USA's doctrine - The Constitution - that espouses separation of church and state. If not the letter of the law, then surely the meaning of it.

The UK is a Christian country. That's true until it is not. When it is not, then your argument has little to disagree with.
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It makes me so angry.
That's why all the cool people left England like 300 years ago.
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That's why all the cool people left England like 300 years ago.
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He does sound like john f o'donell
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Theory

I have to make one last post on this show and then hopefully I can just stop blabbering.

The whole issue of "theory" and how certain states and/or school districts are allowing certain information to be passed off as science infuriates me to no end.

A 'scientific theory' is not a guess or an opinion. It is a something that can be explained with empirical evidence given the science available at the moment. Yes, at a time, the world was flat was accepted as a valid theory but future scientific discovery proved it false and a new theory replaced it. Thank you Copernicus & Galileo.

What the bible belters (sry for the derogatory term) call a scientific theory is actually a philosophical theory and are based on statements that can not be proven scientifically.

I have another term for their 'theories' - Bovine Scatology.


Sorry for being preachy here but I had to vent this out.

I am actually a bit jealous of those who believe in God. Not all of them but some of the nicest people here in NYC I randomly interact with have that faith based attitude and it comes through. They are at peace with the world and the kindness shows through. I am probably wrong about this but I think its the Baptists I am speaking of. Then again it may be more cultural than the religious angle but that sort of stuff is hard to separate out when you come down to it.

The way I see it, most people on these forums don't seem to be religious but are nice people. That 'niceness' probably came down through their upbringing by their parents who I would bet the vast majority would say, 'yes, they were religious or believe(d)'

The dogma / teachings / tenants end up pervading the culture and, subsequently, family and other relationships. Not such a bad thing when you look at the Gospel and what it is all about and not necessarily what the pastor/preacher tells you what is right or wrong based on that information or what the Pope & his cardinals say what is right or wrong.

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