Just For Mandy
Yesterday I was in Geology and my Professor, Conrad, decided to tell us why Atheism was intellectually impossible to claim. Then after class I was talking to Charley and Mandy and telling them about this. Mandy groaned and said to me, "Are you going to put that in your LJ entry?" I said yes, probably would. She doesn't think to highly of my rants and tends to skip over them. Well, Mandy, plenty of others still like them, so there, but I still love you. So here it is Mandy, just for you.
He said that we learn something new each day, true. He said that today we cannot know what we are going to know tomorrow, also true. Finally he said that we could possibly learn tomorrow that there is a God, so we can't intellectually say he doesn't today. It is most acceptable to claim Agnostic than Atheism.
Well, Lindsey said that the same claim could be made for those who believe in a God, and at first I agreed. But now I think otherwise for a couple of reasons. One, Pascal's Wager comes in. This says it is better to believe in God than not too. If that isn't enough explanation post and I will go into more detail. Second, and I pull this, or at this first part from my POR Professor. It is harder to prove something doesn't exist than to prove it does. This lends to the fact that I don't, or shouldn't care if you believe in God or not. You have to prove it to me that I'm wrong, I shouldn't have to prove to you I am right. Why? Because you are the one trying to claim that God doesn't exist, and you can't do it any better than I can prove he does. And I believe he exists, so if I'm right, I'm a made man, but that would mean you're wrong, and then you're SOL. So why should care if you're wrong, I do, but why should I? It's your ass, not mine. But enough of that negative nature.
This brought up a second point I thought I would mention. Conrad said it was better, intellectually to claim agnostic than Atheist. But I have come to the conclusion that there are two types of Agnostics. The first kind are really fakers, posers. The say they are on the fence, as an Agnostic is, but don't believe anything told to them to say God exists. They say they don't want to hear it. That to me says that they are more of an Atheist claiming agnostic because it saves them from making a decision on the matter. A true Agnostic should welcome any say from any person about any God. They don't have to accept it, but they, being agnostic and on the fence, should actively seek out any facts and truths they can find out. They shouldn't not care or listen, they really should want to know and seek out the answer, whatever it is.
Back to my day now. Lindsey came into town and I went to her house after work, which sucked as usual. Today I moped my kitchen floor for my mum. Then I took Lindsey to my sign class so Lear and I could ask Donna some questions about our presentation next Monday. Tonight we went to see Bad Santa which is a great movie, very good, two thumbs up. Finally we came home, I wrestled with Noah for about an hour, letting my dinner get cold. I could never have kids. I would play with them too much and never get anything done. I would probably starve to death. Then Lindsey and I did some wrestling of our own, a different kind though. Now I'm here, and now I'm gone.
Good night and God Bless
He said that we learn something new each day, true. He said that today we cannot know what we are going to know tomorrow, also true. Finally he said that we could possibly learn tomorrow that there is a God, so we can't intellectually say he doesn't today. It is most acceptable to claim Agnostic than Atheism.
Well, Lindsey said that the same claim could be made for those who believe in a God, and at first I agreed. But now I think otherwise for a couple of reasons. One, Pascal's Wager comes in. This says it is better to believe in God than not too. If that isn't enough explanation post and I will go into more detail. Second, and I pull this, or at this first part from my POR Professor. It is harder to prove something doesn't exist than to prove it does. This lends to the fact that I don't, or shouldn't care if you believe in God or not. You have to prove it to me that I'm wrong, I shouldn't have to prove to you I am right. Why? Because you are the one trying to claim that God doesn't exist, and you can't do it any better than I can prove he does. And I believe he exists, so if I'm right, I'm a made man, but that would mean you're wrong, and then you're SOL. So why should care if you're wrong, I do, but why should I? It's your ass, not mine. But enough of that negative nature.
This brought up a second point I thought I would mention. Conrad said it was better, intellectually to claim agnostic than Atheist. But I have come to the conclusion that there are two types of Agnostics. The first kind are really fakers, posers. The say they are on the fence, as an Agnostic is, but don't believe anything told to them to say God exists. They say they don't want to hear it. That to me says that they are more of an Atheist claiming agnostic because it saves them from making a decision on the matter. A true Agnostic should welcome any say from any person about any God. They don't have to accept it, but they, being agnostic and on the fence, should actively seek out any facts and truths they can find out. They shouldn't not care or listen, they really should want to know and seek out the answer, whatever it is.
Back to my day now. Lindsey came into town and I went to her house after work, which sucked as usual. Today I moped my kitchen floor for my mum. Then I took Lindsey to my sign class so Lear and I could ask Donna some questions about our presentation next Monday. Tonight we went to see Bad Santa which is a great movie, very good, two thumbs up. Finally we came home, I wrestled with Noah for about an hour, letting my dinner get cold. I could never have kids. I would play with them too much and never get anything done. I would probably starve to death. Then Lindsey and I did some wrestling of our own, a different kind though. Now I'm here, and now I'm gone.
Good night and God Bless