re radical agnostic not in article apr cnsvax uwec edu nyeda cnsvax uwec edu david nye wrote reply to zazen austin ibm com e h welbon there is no means that i can possibly think of to prove beyond doubt that a god does not exist but if anyone has one by all means tell me what it is therefore lacking this ability of absolute proof being an atheist becomes an act of faith in and of itself and this i cannot accept i accept nothing on blind faith invisible pink flying unicorns need i say more i harbor no beliefs at all there is no good evidence for god existing or not some folks call this agnosticism it does not suffer from blind faith at all i think of it as don t worry be happy for many atheists the lack of belief in gods is secondary to an epistemological consideration what do we accept as a reliable way of knowing there are no known valid logical arguments for the existence of gods nor is there any empirical evidence that they exist most philosophers and theologians agree that the idea of a god is one that must be accepted on faith faith is belief without a sound logical basis or empirical evidence it is a reliable way of knowing could you expand on your definition of knowing it seems a bit monolithic here but i m not sure that you intend that don t we need for example to distinguish between knowing plus equals or apples plus apples equals apples the french knowing that jerry lewis is an auteur and what it means to say we know what socrates said this is patently absurd but whoever wishes to become a philosopher must learn not to be frightened by absurdities bertrand russell i like this epigraph perhaps the issue is learning which if any absurdities merit further exploration gene
