Let's do it, baby.
So, talking about knowledge, beliefs, and truth real quick. Seriously, real quick.
I thought about this today while thinking about agnosticism vs. atheism...
If one is an agnostic, and thus doesn't know whether there is a god or not, because he is not sure, consequently one would have to doubt everything in the world just as much. Admitting that you are an agnostic, you say "contrary to no evidence what-so-ever proving the existence of a god or gods, I choose to still not be sure of whether there is one or not." And I am not even talking about the nut-job... excuse me... fundamentalists literal truth god but any god. When one isn't sure about something being not there or actually there that has been disproven by all means of science as far as currently humanly (maybe physically) possible, it should resolve in a lot more questions than just:
"Is there a god? I am not sure!"
Furthermore:
Is the moon made out of blue cheese? Is gravity really just invisible goblins constantly winning a invisible tug-o-war against invisible griffins? Is everyone dead, is life a dream, am I dead, am I awake? I am not sure!
Having similar doubts all the time would require a lot of creativity, but would also seriously blow ass.
Constantly everyone involved in the process of living chooses to accept scientific concepts, laws of nature, or anything that surrounds us and we perceive through our senses as truth - as something that we can know. I don't want to say that this is the ultimate way, but it certainly enables ANYONE (fundamentalists, atheists, agnostics, butchers, tap-dancers, and many more) to live life without constantly worrying about floating away into space or worrying about whether the world is going to explode in one second.
(BOOM - Oh Shit.)
In short, without this we wouldn't be able to live. So we do make constant decisions (unconscious or not doesn't really matter) to accept certain visible things as truth. How then do we draw the line when it comes to a god or religion? How is it that some people decide to accept it as a truth, some people decide to deem it as "unknowable," and some are certain that it's baloney (Bologna, yeah, whateffz)?
Seriously, I can understand the religious side of this triad of theism in this argument better than the agnostic one. Obviously I am on the atheist side, but I can see how you choose a truth that has been taught to you over decades by family, friends, and the clergy/priests/really nice people in big buildings with symbols on the roof. But I can't see how you can be a non-religious person on the basis of not-knowing-for-sure. Because, as established, what the f do we really know for sure? We pick and choose on many things (2+2=4 ... Truth! Hooray, let's have a cup of tea.) based on our education, experience, genes, history, bla. It's just me, but picking and choosing beats "I don't know man..." any day. Especially when you have access to the information required to make a pretty educated guess.
This by no means is a suggested argument against doubt or the concept of it, because as atheist or as theist you should still doubt. But declaring your position as the position of the one without a clue, you are picking the easy way out, dude.
Short is short and long is long. This might not be as short as promised, but I am done.
... OR AM I?
Muahahahaaaa....
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