Comments | ashafras: I looked it up, and here's what I found:

ashafras

I looked it up, and here's what I found:

Aug 08, 2005 15:49

Agnosticism is the philosophical view that the truth values of certain claims, particularly theological claims regarding the existence of God, gods or deities, are either unknown or inherently unknowable. The term and the related agnostic were coined by Thomas Henry Huxley in 1869 and are also used to describe those who are unconvinced or ( Read more... )

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lefthandedhydra August 9 2005, 02:59:02 UTC

So then, the jap asshat doctors who interviewed Pi at the end of the book, would they be classified as the atheists in chapter 22 because of their eventual leap of faith in believing Pi's story? Or would they be the agnostic 'yeastless' personalities because of their accepting of the absense of rationality in believing and publishing Pi's original story?

I JUST DONT GET WHAT MS BENSON IS TRYING TO TELL US.

ashafras August 10 2005, 02:59:38 UTC

Well I think athesists, because they just flat out didn't believe Pi at first. But then they eventually listened to his reasoning and accepted the tiger story as the better one. But who knows really? I don't think Ms. Benson was trying to say anything in particular about the Japanese guys so much as she was talking about Pi's message to them...

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ashafras August 9 2005, 22:54:11 UTC

:oD

mr_bebo August 10 2005, 03:42:25 UTC

I believe I understand the message, but you lost me with all the big technical terms... I am a man of few and simple words.

jellopi August 17 2005, 06:57:08 UTC

agg! so i cant believe this but i dont have your e-mail address, because i wanted to write you somethign but i decided i would right it here ( ... )

ashafras August 17 2005, 11:25:24 UTC

My e-mail's : ashafras@bellsouth.net :o) simple enough

Annnnnd I'll talk to you about the rest later today