Don't make mistake of thinking agnosticism is a midpoint on a spectrum between theist and atheist. Most atheists have a strong appreciation for science and healthy skeptical thinking, thus an aversion to 100% certainty about anything, therefore most would fall into the category of "agnostic atheists".
Conversely, the very nature of religious faith, would mean most theists should be, or perhaps our commanded to be, gnostic theists. #themoreyouknow
The most typical explanation I've heard would go something along the lines of, "I don't know how their universe started, but I don't see any evidence for any creator, so for the moment I'll go with what seems a more likely scenario: some kind of natural phenomenon, random chance, etc."
William Lane Craig (a great apologist and Christian philosopher, https://www.reasonablefaith.org/) has explained how that believing the universe came from nothing is even WORSE than magic because with magic you at least have a magician as the cause. To believe in an uncaused universe is illogical.
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That's a misrepresentation of what most atheists actually think.
Isn't that obvious? Frogs aren't real. They're bio engineered surveillance robots being controlled by the reptilian overlords living in the hollow moon. 😉
No one is forcing anyone to wear a pride flag, that's absolutely absurd. It's never happened, not once.
Why is it every time there's an update to Mac OS, my yubikey doesn't work because /usr/local/lib/libykcs11.dylib is broken?????
It occurs just frequently enough to be really annoying, but not frequently enough that I remember how to fix it.
Bank runs, bailouts and bitcoin with Caitlin Long…
https://www.whatbitcoindid.com/podcast/bank-runs-bailouts-bitcoin
That was great episode. Thanks 👍
This is a picture of Putin's private secure train.
Photographing it sent the photographer into exile by way of FSB harassment. So, I'm sharing it here. Please keep sharing it because certain people need to understand the Streisand Effect.
WaPo gift article on this (no sub required) here: https://wapo.st/3lfeQpY
We've reached peak cringe.
