Despite peoples inability to agree on their understanding of certain words, that does not change the concrete meaning of words.
Theist=one who believes there is a God
Atheist=one who believes there is no God
Gnostic=one who believes it is possible to know God
Agnostic=one who believes it is impossible to know God
I am in agreement with Huxley, gnostics are delusional.
On another note. . . why do talks about God always digress into arguments (for lack of a better word) about the human failings of religion? Can't spirituality be seperated from religion?
In the realm of physics, experts are coming to the determination that their are dimensions of reality beyond our human experience. To be atheist, is to deny the possibility that these dimensions are devoid of intelligence. To quote D. Adams, "I see no evidence. . . therfore I am a radical athiest." Has he had access to all the evidence to make a solid decision?
He is like the fool stuck in a box professing there is no light because he lacks the facilities to open the box. And when some one suggest he try to open the box, he ridicules the idea "Why attempt to open the box? There is no evidence of light!"
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There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which is proof against all arguments and which can not fail to keep a man in everlasting ignorance-that principle is contempt prior to investigation."