Radical Atheist

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“Atheism” and “agnosticism” are both poorly understood terms. Gnosticism and agnosticism deal with knowledge. Theism and atheism relate to belief.

Agnosticism, as defined by its creator, Thomas Henry Huxley, is similar to skepticism. It’s a means of examining reality that says, “show me”. Show me the evidence that leads to a certain conclusion, show me the process of getting from point A to point Z that supports the contention that point Z is true. Knowledge should be based on truth and truth claims should be examined skeptically/agnostically to judge their merit.

Atheism is a rejection of the beliefs of those who claim that there are or have been gods. We do not accept the explanations and substantiations offered by believers in support of their beliefs.

I am an agnostic atheist. Agnosticism is the tool I use to examine truth claims and atheism is the conclusion I’ve reached in the matter of belief in gods.

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As long as god refuses to personally appear in person during Super Bowl each year, god will be shown to be false and atheism true. The day god appears at half time, then theism will be valid.

Oh, someone says god doesn’t work that way? That I obviously don’t know very much about god and how he does things? That god is obvious if one looks to find him?

Precisely. That concept works both ways.

I can understand not grasping evolutionary theory in its entirety, but the basics are out there in language anyone can grasp.

I strive everyday not to let what I believe supersede what I know. What I believe fills the gaps in what I know. What I know is always of higher value than what I believe.

So I can’t understand people who will ignore adding to what they know just because it takes away from the what they believe category. Who wants to continue to believe if one has the chance to know? Wonder is great, but why wonder when you can know. It doesn’t matter that knowledge isn’t complete or absolute. Belief is there to plugs the holes.
Human advancement is only possible if decreasing the number of holes is more highly regarded than worrying about what will happen to the nonsense we used to fill the holes. It doesn’t matter, we’re done with it now. It’s no longer relevant. Creationism and ID are the stuff we plug the holes with. Every year mankind advances, there are fewer and fewer holes.

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