Sort of an introduction (Agnosticism)

by xeno6696 , Sonoran Desert, Tuesday, August 17, 2010, 23:06 (5000 days ago) @ romansh

Romansh
> Anyway I'd like to think agnosticism could make more of difference. 
> So I'll encourage you from time to time.
> -I agree with this. To me, I think the most dangerous thing we've seen in human history is fanatic devotion to an idea. The destruction caused by crusaders, facists, and dialectical materialists (Leninism) all arise from the same pattern. I largely moved from atheism to agnosticism largely due to my combination of distrust, fear, and hatred for fanatical devotion. If nothing else, we can hope to be the calm eye in the center of the storm, asking "Why not?" or "Why?" whenever a question seems settled. I don't know if it's the same for you, but for me the quest for knowledge never ceases. I view the power of doubt, the power of accepting a question as unknowable if even for "right now" to be a position of strength when everyone else seeks quick answers. -
--Matt

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\"Why is it, Master, that ascetics fight with ascetics?\"

\"It is, brahmin, because of attachment to views, adherence to views, fixation on views, addiction to views, obsession with views, holding firmly to views that ascetics fight with ascetics.\"