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latinijral
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Posted - 03/18/2005 :  22:03:12  Show Profile Send latinijral a Private Message
There are many -self named- skeptic organizations.
In my experience reading about it ,I find 3 different versions/contradictions of how skepticism should be related to particular religious/deism beliefs.
1) You can be an skeptic and a deist . There is not contradiction on it.
The James Randi Educational Foundation promotes this version.
It is like a “soft” or “light” version of skepticism. And I am not talking about rock music.
Some people think ( I am included) is only a JREF marketing trick in order to receive donations from religious people. It is only my opinion , I could be wrong.
2) There is a “hard core” of skepticism that promotes that a skeptic must be atheist since it is part of the entire goal of skepticism. That includes the combat/debunkery of religious beliefs.
3) Of course there is a group that don't match in the previous 2 categories. : the skeptics that promotes agnosticism as the best choice.They will believe in the “supernatural” once the evidence is presented.
I want to know ,my SFN dear fiends, in what category do you feel you can match.
If you think in neither of them ,please expose the reasons why.
P.D.
To the SFN administrators :
Another topic for the SFN ready to be closed under your putative rule?

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Posted - 03/18/2005 :  23:07:59   [Permalink]  Show Profile  Visit Dave W.'s Homepage Send Dave W. a Private Message
quote:
Originally posted by latinijral

To the SFN administrators :
Another topic for the SFN ready to be closed under your putative rule?
Sure, since you still haven't answered Dude's questions. As soon as you do, your new threads won't be locked.

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