The Vegan Thread

Of course if we want to apply a technical application of agnosticism, we would have to conclude that we are all agnostic about whether the sun will rise in the morning ? Whether the sky appears blue ? Whether the Eiffel tower is in Paris ? If I drop this ball will gravity carry it to the ground ? Are these my hands ? No one can be inerrantly certain about anything, rather we all hold reasoned views.

Even putting aside the Abraham gods, with agnosticism if a kid walked up to you in a supermarket and told you there was a blue dog living in his hand that controlled the world's banking system as well as being the creator of the universe - and when anyone tries to look for the dog it disappears - you would technically have to remain agnostic about this dog, you cannot after all demonstrate it's non-exitance . . . but you can reason the whole story is bullshit and so call yourself atheist (or a-dogist) in this context as you do not believe the dog exists, you do not have to know for certain to reject the idea as a load of stinking shit.

It gets worse for the Agnostic, even if the kid tells you 30 seconds later that he was only joking, you would technically have to remain agnostic as you can never know with inerrancy that he is telling the truth.

I could go on.

I believe that the sun will rise, that a ball will fall to the ground, that the tower in Paris does not lean and is not in Pisa. I believe all these things, and more, because they are demonstrably true.
I have no reason to believe that gods exist ( or for that matter, blue dogs living in the hands of deluded children) and I can not even conceive of a way that they could be demonstrated to exist. Ergo, they are not worthy of my consideration (until such time that someone can, at least, propose a method of verification).

Having said that, I basically agree with you, and when asked, I normally say that I am an atheist or "have no religion"