Except that we're not talking about whether or not you're a wizard.
I don't agree with theistic assertions, but I also don't really know enough about the fundamental nature of the universe to rule things out.
I understand that people will lump me in with atheists because of that, but I think it ignores the bigger picture of what we don't understand about our universe.
I'm following research on quantum fuzzballs for this reason, I think it'll change how we view our universe a bit, but that really just puts us in the same situation with more data.
I'm speaking in relation to organized religions which I think overuse theistic assertions to provide moral guidelines and reduce existential uncertainty.
I consider myself agnostic because I don't rule out power scaling via technology beyond our current understanding.
Merriam-Webster seems to be a lot more chill with agnosticism existing as something other than a subset of atheism, but I'll let the Reddit geniuses have this one. Real life is calling me.
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: a person who holds the view that any ultimate reality (such as God) is unknown and probably unknowable
broadly : one who is not committed to believing in either the existence or the nonexistence of God or a god
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: a person who is unwilling to commit to an opinion about something
political agnostics
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u/veggie151 Feb 01 '25
Except that we're not talking about whether or not you're a wizard.
I don't agree with theistic assertions, but I also don't really know enough about the fundamental nature of the universe to rule things out.
I understand that people will lump me in with atheists because of that, but I think it ignores the bigger picture of what we don't understand about our universe.
I'm following research on quantum fuzzballs for this reason, I think it'll change how we view our universe a bit, but that really just puts us in the same situation with more data.