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While I would agree that atheism is an untenable position unless one maked the cliam of atheis based on faith, I disagree that agnosticism is a result of being dumb. Some people simply do not have enough evidence yet to convince them. The Bereans searched the scriptures to see if what they heard from Paul was true. Certainly they must have thought what they heard might not be true or there would have been no sense in searching the scriptures. And Paul comended them for their honest and thorough skepticism. It is still worth noting that they approached it with an open mind and not a closed one. I find that an open minded agnostic would be worthy of comendation as well. A closed minded agnostic however would'nt really be an agnostic would he?

[QUOTE="Dr.Who, post: 80557, member: 572"] While I would agree that atheism is an untenable position unless one maked the cliam of atheis based on faith, I disagree that agnosticism is a result of being dumb. Some people simply do not have enough evidence yet to convince them. The Bereans searched the scriptures to see if what they heard from Paul was true. Certainly they must have thought what they heard might not be true or there would have been no sense in searching the scriptures. And Paul comended them for their honest and thorough skepticism. It is still worth noting that they approached it with an open mind and not a closed one. I find that an open minded agnostic would be worthy of comendation as well. A closed minded agnostic however would'nt really be an agnostic would he? [/QUOTE]

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