Comments on: sure

By: C Reese

C Reese — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 21:05:22 +0000

I love that it ends up with them doubting. When one can be certain only of what is dogma and doctrine, truth about reality will often cause one to doubt.

By: Bagpuss

Bagpuss — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 23:29:32 +0000

Never trust a man whose eyebrows meet in the middle (according to my sister, that is).

By: Simon

Simon — Thu, 07 May 2009 13:59:19 +0000

@Ben

that made me laugh more than the comic. Great comic by the way

By: Ben

Ben — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 09:39:12 +0000

FREKO you hit the nail right on the head! (sigh) I love it when spammers jump in on philosophical discussions.

By: peterNW1

peterNW1 — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 09:21:09 +0000

I think Mo’s ‘monobrow’ (single eyebrow) is a stroke of genius. We read into it a variety of expressions.

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By: anon

anon — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 17:24:32 +0000

Jonathan said,

IÃ¢â‚¬â„¢m sorry, I canÃ¢â‚¬â„¢t take seriously people who claim that there *might* be a god.

I think the argument goes like this. Based on current scientific evidence, it seems very very unlikely that a personal god who cares about humans exists. However, science can’t claim with “absolute certainty” that god doesn’t exist (cause science can’t predict anything with “absolute certainty”). Obviously, this niche is waiting to be filled with extremely optimistic believers who, while agreeing that it’s very improbable for a personal god to exist, still hang on to the minuscule hope that she does, and science hasn’t yet found how she influences our lives (by liberally apply the “mysterious ways” clause here).

By: Sal

Sal — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 18:08:21 +0000

It’s pretty easy to see that a sense of certainty doesn’t imply being correct. It’s really just an emotion about perceived knowledge.

The examples given above illustrate pretty well people being certain about some aspect that were in fact incorrect.

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 21:31:43 +0000

I’m sorry, I can’t take seriously people who claim that there *might* be a god. It almost seems to me to make more sense to go ahead and be religious with a massive, but unabashed self-deception. This, at least, would allow you to think clearly in other areas of life.

If you can suggest that there *might* be a god, however, then there is nothing in the universe (or even not in the universe) that can be ruled out (for all practical purposes – I also agree with Alan). It just seems like a conflicted attempt to apply logic (I can’t see/touch god) without destroying wishful thinking (but it would be nice if he were out there!). I suspect my head would explode if I tried such a thing. Is there a rational defense of agnosticism? (I refer only to the “do not know” definition.)

By: JohnnieCanuck

JohnnieCanuck — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 20:53:09 +0000

Alan, I take your position as well.

I like to compare it with that of the agnostics who say they can’t rule out a god, then live their lives as if there were no gods.

Two different labels with no effective difference that I can see. I kind of shake my head when I see agnostics and atheists debating which position is right.