Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site akgua.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!rjb From: rjb@akgua.UUCP (R.J. Brown [Bob]) Newsgroups: net.religion.christian Subject: Re:The Evil Media-Atheism/Agnosticism Message-ID: <1581@akgua.UUCP> Date: Fri, 12-Jul-85 12:31:07 EDT Article-I.D.: akgua.1581 Posted: Fri Jul 12 12:31:07 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 15-Jul-85 07:07:07 EDT Organization: AT&T Technologies/Bell Labs, Atlanta Lines: 21 Tim, I think you are straining too hard when you say Journalistic Mindset == Atheism. I think your line of reasoning leads to J.M. == Agnosticism because a true skeptic will eventually believe something when s/he is given enough objective proof. Atheism, I think has been demonstrated to be a form of religious belief - and a dogmatic one at that - because the holder of that position makes strong statements about which there is little objective evidence. To wit, you can say "I have no evidence to support the existence of God, Unicorns, the Tooth Fairy..." which is an admission of agnosticism ( literally without knowledge ) Perhaps you'll agree that this is a different kind of statement than the late Jim Morrison (of the Doors) made when he screamed "You CANNOT petition the Lord in prayer !!" Bob Brown {...ihnp4!akgua!rjb}