Is there God?

[steve ridgway]

If anything, I see myself more at home, philosophically, with Taoism than with any organised religion.

Maybe I should look again at Taoism. I'm perhaps most influenced by disorganised Buddhism, Krishnamurti and maybe nature spirits but want to enjoy the world rather than escape from it.

[Karl Henning]

... but want to enjoy the world rather than escape from it.

Aye.

[Florestan]

Most interesting, thanks for posting.

+1.

[greg]

I chose:
I don't know but I do care

which surprisingly only 2 others selected.

No one knows, belief is not knowledge.
And it does matter, if God exists they can do anything they want to you, such as eternal torture. Unless people say they don't care in the sense of not caring to put in the effort to think about whether God exists or not, then that would be totally understandable.

[steve ridgway]

I think I voted for the original I don't know before it got split into two so am wrongly counted as not caring.

[DavidW]

I think I voted for the original I don't know before it got split into two so am wrongly counted as not caring.

I don't understand why agnosticism is lumped in with apathy.

[Karl Henning]

I don't understand why agnosticism is lumped in with apathy.

Indeed. After all, the agnostic Vaughan Williams did excellent work refreshing the English Hymnal.

[Old San Antone]

I don't understand why agnosticism is lumped in with apathy.

That was my vote: I don' know / I don't care - but I didn't think it was apathy as much as indifference over speculative questions with no answers.

[Karl Henning]

That was my vote: I don' know / I don't care - but I didn't think it was apathy as much as indifference over speculative questions with no answers.

Ecellent point.

[Florestan]

That was my vote: I don' know / I don't care - but I didn't think it was apathy as much as indifference over speculative questions with no answers.

I see your point --- but if mankind had been indifferent over "speculative questions with no answers" we'd have had no art, philosophy or science. 

[Mandryka]

That was my vote: I don' know / I don't care - but I didn't think it was apathy as much as indifference over speculative questions with no answers.

It is NOT a question with no answer. It is an empirical question with an answer -- like the question "Are there fairies?" or "Are there unicorns?" And like those questions we can say with some confidence what the answer is.

[prémont]

It is NOT a question with no answer. It is an empirical question with an answer -- like the question "Are there fairies?" or "Are there unicorns?" And like those questions we can say with some confidence what the answer is.

Excellent point.

[steve ridgway]

It is NOT a question with no answer. It is an empirical question with an answer -- like the question "Are there fairies?" or "Are there unicorns?" And like those questions we can say with some confidence what the answer is.

I'm working the other way round. What general properties can I identify in the universe and my experience, and can I form any personally convincing spirituality from these?

[Old San Antone]

It is NOT a question with no answer. It is an empirical question with an answer -- like the question "Are there fairies?" or "Are there unicorns?" And like those questions we can say with some confidence what the answer is.

Well, it really has has two answers, and I am indifferent to the debate.