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Our ignorance of the cosmos is too vast to commit to atheism, and yet we know too much to commit to a particular religion. A third position, agnosticism, is often an uninteresting stance in which a person simply questions whether his traditional religious story (say, a man with a beard on a cloud) is true or not true. But with Possibilianism I’m hoping to define a new position—one that emphasizes the exploration of new, unconsidered possibilities. Possibilianism is comfortable holding multiple ideas in mind; it is not interested in committing to any particular story.
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Isn’t that postmodernism? Neuroscientist David Eagleman - NYTimes.com (via abbyjean) Agnosticism is not some halfway point between atheism and theism. Let me explain this one last time:
knowledge =/= belief. (via savagemike) |
If you’re wondering what happens inside a bear to cause this, the following video explains a lot:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uu_vq0lK3xo&feature=player_embedded
I get sick of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease. So, I watercolor it.
This re-affirmed my reasoning of the stupidity of prayer pretty well
How Prayer Works …?
*Praying to an imaginary friend for material things is selfish and deluded. If your God had money, then why are churches always begging for it?
*Praying for a sick friend will not heal your friend’s illness. Medical science is a better bet, since it does have a higher success rate than any deity.
*Praying is just a sign that you have accepted the mental masturbation of religion. Do yourself a favor and accept reality.
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Einstein’s space is no closer to reality than Van Gogh’s sky. The glory of science is not in a truth more absolute than the truth of Bach or Tolstoy, but in the act of creation itself. The scientist’s discoveries impose his own order on chaos, as the composer or painter imposes his; an order that always refers to limited aspects of reality, and is based on the observer’s frame of reference, which differs from period to period as a Rembrant nude differs from a nude by Manet.
—Arthur Koestler (1905 - 1983), The Act of Creation, London, 1970, p. 253
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