Obviously, if theism is a belief in a God and atheism is a lack of a belief in a God, no third position or middle ground is possible. A person can either believe or not believe in a God. Therefore, our previous definition of atheism has made an impossibility out of the common usage of agnosticism to mean 'neither affirming nor denying a belief in God.' Actually, this is no great loss, because the dictionary definition of agnostic is still again different from Huxley’s definition. The literal meaning of agnostic is one who holds that some aspect of reality is unknowable. Therefore, an agnostic is not simply someone who suspends judgment on an issue, but rather one who suspends judgment because he feels that the subject is unknowable and therefore no judgment can be made. It is possible, therefore, for someone not to believe in a God (as Huxley did not) and yet still suspend judgment (ie, be an agnostic) about whether it is possible to obtain knowledge of a God. Such a person would be an atheistic agnostic. It is also possible to believe in the existence of a force behind the universe, but to hold (as did Herbert Spencer) that any knowledge of that force was unobtainable. Such a person would be a theistic agnostic.
Gordon SteinStichwörter: knowledge belief atheism atheist huxley agnosticism agnostic gnosticism herbert-spencer gnostic atheism-definition definition-of-atheism agnostic-definition definition-of-agnosticism definition-of-atheist
...properly a theory about knowledge, not about religion. A theist and a Christian may be an agnostic; an atheist may not be an agnostic. An atheist may deny that there is God, and in this case his atheism is dogmatic and not agnostic. Or he may refuse to acknowledge that there is a God simply on the ground that he perceives no evidence for his existence and finds the arguments which have been advanced in proof of it invalid. In this case his atheism is critical, not agnostic. The atheist may be, and not infrequently is, an agnostic.
Robert FlintStichwörter: existence knowledge belief atheist definition agnosticism agnostic
But knowledge does not protect one. Life is contemptuous of knowledge; it forces it to sit in the anterooms, to wait outside. Passion, energy, lies: these are what life admires.
James SalterStichwörter: life knowledge passion lies
The problem with living forever, of course, is you have to live forever before you know you're immortal...or invincible. Even the gods, in this way, must always remain uncertain. Time trumps immortality just as uncertainty trumps omniscience, for a knower can only ever know what it knows, never what it doesn't.
(attrib: F.L. Vanderson)
Stichwörter: life knowledge god time death uncertainty immortality
The code of the con is to know just enough about everything so you can lie about anything.
(attrib: E. Tancarville)
Stichwörter: truth knowledge confidence lying conning con-men
Note to Self – Thoughts design my energy!
My
thoughts
WILL
design the energy
that moves
me!
Stichwörter: wisdom inspirational love knowledge self-esteem peace soul power-of-words mind self self-discovery self-help-book knowledge-teaching self-help suicide motivation personal-growth spirit quote soul-searching depression self-improvement knowing spiritualism positive-thoughts enlightenment quotes anxiety personal-development sacred power-of-thoughts teachings positive-thinking positive-attitude realization spiritual-growth knowledge-education unconditional-love spiritual-wisdom master power-of-love know-thyself unconditional-acceptance sage mastery positive-motivation spiritual-development mind-body-spirit suicidal-thoughts positive-mindset positive-outlook sacred-teachings wise-man self-improvement-book knowing-oneself masters sage-advice knowledge-of-self positive-quotes upliftment art-of-living mind-power master-of-love art-of-dying hang-man master-key powerful-story sacred-wisdom
The study of theology, as it stands in Christian churches, is the study of nothing; it is founded on nothing; it rests on no principles; it proceeds by no authorities; it has no data; it can demonstrate nothing; and it admits of no conclusion. Not anything can be studied as a science, without our being in possession of the principles upon which it is founded; and as this is the case with Christian theology, it is therefore the study of nothing.
Thomas PaineStichwörter: science education knowledge theology principles study charlatanism
I feel as though I am swimming in an ocean of knowledge with but a teaspoon to consume it.
David BowersStichwörter: wisdom knowledge smallness
The more a man is imbued with the ordered regularity of all events the firmer becomes his conviction that there is no room left by the side of this ordered regularity for causes of a different nature. For him neither the rule of human nor the rule of divine will exist as an independent cause of natural events.
To be sure, the doctrine of a personal God interfering with the natural events could never be refuted, in the real sense, by science, for this doctrine can always take refuge in those domains in which scientific knowledge has not yet been able to set foot. But I am persuaded that such behavior on the part of the representatives of religion would not only be unworthy but also fatal.
For a doctrine which is able to maintain itself not in clear light but only in the dark, will of necessity lose its effect on mankind, with incalculable harm to human progress.
- Science and Religion (1941)
Stichwörter: science progress knowledge natural belief nature myth naturalism superstition fallacy god-of-the-gaps
[Scientific humanism is] the only worldview compatible with science's growing knowledge of the real world and the laws of nature.
Edward O. WilsonStichwörter: science knowledge nature understanding humanism
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