Atheists & Agnostics

Binkie The Clown

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15. That's why I call it philosophical speculation

Sat Mar 28, 2015, 04:54 PM

Mar 2015

and not science, and also why I do not "believe" in it.

I simply enjoy speculation on a wide range of topics. I wonder, for example, if Earth has ever been visited by extraterrestrial intelligences. I do not "believe" this to be true, I simply enjoy speculating about it. I don't believe that ghosts are real, but I'm open to speculating about the subject, because it entertains me to do so, and as long as I don't take it seriously, it's a harmless diversion. Is it unproductive as well? Maybe. Maybe not. How productive is playing golf or working jigsaw puzzles?

As for "supernatural". I believe that's an oxymoron. If something happens then it happens within the framework of natural law. That said, I'm sure there are things about natural law that we don't yet understand. It's fun to speculate about what those things might be.

In the spirit of objectivity, I stand ready and willing to be convinced that I am wrong about any of those subjects. However, it will take an extraordinary amount of strong evidence to convince me, which is exactly why I do not believe in those things.

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Drawing a distinction between science and philosophy [View all] Binkie The Clown Mar 2015 OP

Until the last statement, Curmudgeoness Mar 2015 #1

I know some atheists who are not antitheist. Binkie The Clown Mar 2015 #2

A lot of atheists are not antitheists. Curmudgeoness Mar 2015 #3

But we do have evidence edhopper Mar 2015 #4

Tsk, tsk, tsk. Curmudgeoness Mar 2015 #14

My evidence that the Bible is not divinely inspired... Binkie The Clown Mar 2015 #9

Not to mention.... AlbertCat Mar 2015 #10

Difference between Atheist and Antitheist LostOne4Ever Mar 2015 #5

Some of my best friends are theists Cartoonist Mar 2015 #6

When you said: LostOne4Ever Mar 2015 #7

Yes! That's one distinction I forgot to mention. Binkie The Clown Mar 2015 #8

I suppose there might be some kind of "cosmic consciousness" that could be called "god" in one sense AlbertCat Mar 2015 #11

That's why I call it philosophical speculation Binkie The Clown Mar 2015 #15

I do not believe in those things. AlbertCat Mar 2015 #17

You lost me with NDE, but then you fell down a pit with atheist v antitheist. Warren Stupidity Mar 2015 #12

Let me clarify, then. Binkie The Clown Mar 2015 #16

I have a different take on it Lordquinton Mar 2015 #13

Science: Men, Methods, Goals SoLeftIAmRight Mar 2015 #18

Science != Philosophical speculation. Binkie The Clown Mar 2015 #19

You saying so does not make it so SoLeftIAmRight Mar 2015 #20

Whatever. Binkie The Clown Mar 2015 #21

ok SoLeftIAmRight Mar 2015 #22