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An agnostic waits for it to be proved to him, and a Humanist, such as myself, believes in the power of science, politics, and other things under human control.

Or something like that.
( supermoore: HUNG, Thu 7 Jul 2005, 19:17, archived)

isn't not believing in something
technically believing?

*head asplodes*
( Wicca'd Witch needs ideas for a new sig on..., Thu 7 Jul 2005, 19:19, archived)

Not believing in the possibility of there being a higher power
is an indirect belief in there being an explainability and concreteness to the world around us. It's just as 'irrational' as anything else because it's not the sort of thing that can be proven either way.

What is truly stupid is believing so much in any one thing so much that you ignore anything that happens to go against that.
(s0WmVHAwZgpG, Thu 7 Jul 2005, 19:25, archived)

Well no
Its not believing
( Mykeyboy A massive, salty filing cabinet, Thu 7 Jul 2005, 19:25, archived)

but if you hold fast to that one opinion
and put faith in it...
( Wicca'd Witch needs ideas for a new sig on..., Thu 7 Jul 2005, 19:31, archived)

Not really
It doesnt take faith to accept scientific principles, it takes faith to believe in unproved unlikely things like god/s
( Mykeyboy A massive, salty filing cabinet, Thu 7 Jul 2005, 19:33, archived)