Tuesday, January 9, 2007

Before I rant.....

Well Evan what are you then? Many of you people may probably be wandering (or not...but thats cool too. But i'm gonna go ahead with the notion you are anyway) this. Some may already have an idea of what i might be. Well in no way am i an atheist. Let me describe my faith before I place my theory and reasoning. To break it down I would be classified as things.

Empirical- The idea in that like science every beleif system is a theory. A theoy is good as long as there is some sort of reasoning. So basicly what this say about me is that i acknowledge and respect beleifs. Beliefs in fact are good. But beliving in something already proven wrong....well thats just wrong.

Agnostic- The word literaly means without knowledge or becouse it was actully a greek word and actully translates into unknowable this definitly classifies me. Let it be known i hate to classify people into groups. Any how my theorys are exactly just that. Theorys. (I am there for some what against religion. Well not some what.....more along the lines of VERY against. I find it evil. ) Beliefs are theorys and religions are groups of people who share a common beleif but follow mainly men in funny little garments and silly hats. They all follow a theory and many times their leadership under "divine influence" becomes misconstrued.

Rationalist Movement- I'll let wikipedia explain this one "The modern Rationalist movement is a philosophical doctrine that asserts that the truth can best be discovered by reason and factual analysis, rather than faith, dogma or religious teaching. Its original roots extend at least as far back as Plato. The rationalist movement has some similarities in ideology and intent to secular humanism, in that it aims to provide a framework for social and philosophical discourse outside of religious or supernatural beliefs; it also bears philosophical similarities to atheism; however, rationalism differs from both of these in that:
As its name suggests, secular humanism is centered on the dignity and worth of people. While rationalism is a key component of secular humanism, there is also a strong ethical component in humanism that rationalism does not extend into. As a result, being a rationalist does not necessarily mean being a humanist.
Atheism, a disbelief or lack of belief in a God, can be on any basis, or none at all, so it doesn't require rationalism. Furthermore, rationalism does not, in itself, affirm or deny atheism, although it does reject any belief based on faith alone. Modern-day rationalism is strongly correlated with atheism, although historically this was not so. Most—if not all—prominent rationalists today, including scientists such as Richard Dawkins and activists such as Sanal Edamaruku are atheists.
Outside of religious discussion, the discipline of rationalism may be applied more generally, for example to political or social issues. In these cases it is the rejection of emotion, tradition or fashionable belief which is the defining feature of the rationalist perspective." Thank you wikipedia.

Well... I shoul soon have a post explaining my first theory. Till then.

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3 comments:

The Ice Rasta said...

Um.

Beliefs in fact are good

(I am there for some what against religion. Well not some what.....more along the lines of VERY against. I find it evil. )


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nostradomas said...

A belief is a theory or faith. The religion is the orginization of all those with the similair beleif as a community. The actholic church is part of the belief that God created Jesus. Its a group of people who have created, deciphered and so forth a community based on the teachings of the bible. YOu can belive in christ but belong to no religion. You may feel the bible does not relate to you. What ever it may be.


also i may have been vary unclear in that post and for that I apologise.

Christina said...

Evan, your mother would be angry is she read this :) Oh well. You say that believing in something that has been proven false is wrong, but has God been proven ficticious? Or are you talking about religion as a whole? Have the bible and all other religious documents been deemed faulty? I'm not disagreeing with you by any means, I'm just wondering what evidence you have to support that religion has been proven wrong.