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Post by epictetus on Nov 14, 2014 4:17:46 GMT
Tired of tiresome and sometimes confrontational arguments about God? It doesn't take much to set some people off.
Try Ignosticism. Not only will you impress your friends when you say, "Well, I'm Ignostic, so it doesn't mean anything to me", but you might actually be on to something.
Ignosticism is the view that any religious term or theological concept presented must be accompanied by a coherent definition. Without a clear definition such terms cannot be meaningfully discussed. Such terms or concepts must also be falsifiable. Lacking this an ignostic takes the theological noncognitivist position that the existence or nature of the terms presented (and all matters of debate) is meaningless. (Wikipedia: Ignosticism)
To declare oneself a Theological Noncognitivist is even cooler, but a bit of a mouthful.
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Post by speedbump on Nov 15, 2014 8:35:32 GMT
Tired of tiresome and sometimes confrontational arguments about God? It doesn't take much to set some people off. Try Ignosticism. Not only will you impress your friends when you say, "Well, I'm Ignostic, so it doesn't mean anything to me", but you might actually be on to something. Ignosticism is the view that any religious term or theological concept presented must be accompanied by a coherent definition. Without a clear definition such terms cannot be meaningfully discussed. Such terms or concepts must also be falsifiable. Lacking this an ignostic takes the theological noncognitivist position that the existence or nature of the terms presented (and all matters of debate) is meaningless. (Wikipedia: Ignosticism) To declare oneself a Theological Noncognitivist is even cooler, but a bit of a mouthful. Isn't being an Iggy just having a dollar each way? |
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Post by epictetus on Nov 16, 2014 6:10:16 GMT
Tired of tiresome and sometimes confrontational arguments about God? It doesn't take much to set some people off. Try Ignosticism. Not only will you impress your friends when you say, "Well, I'm Ignostic, so it doesn't mean anything to me", but you might actually be on to something. Ignosticism is the view that any religious term or theological concept presented must be accompanied by a coherent definition. Without a clear definition such terms cannot be meaningfully discussed. Such terms or concepts must also be falsifiable. Lacking this an ignostic takes the theological noncognitivist position that the existence or nature of the terms presented (and all matters of debate) is meaningless. (Wikipedia: Ignosticism) To declare oneself a Theological Noncognitivist is even cooler, but a bit of a mouthful. Isn't being an Iggy just having a dollar each way? Having it neither way, really. The point being that any discussion about something that can't be defined is bound to be meaningless. I mean really can't be defined, not just defined differently by different people. Once you define "God", you limit God and God then becomes another phenomenon. Problem is, we are here; there is something, not nothing, so people like to explore that from all angles. Bit of a waste of time, probably, but it's interesting to some of us. |
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