Are you a believer?

[Mich the Tester]

Interesting that I am the only agnostic so far as this negates my original premise that I was in the majority. Nice to see there are a few believers though.

Isn't everybody with a functioning brain agnostic, but somewhere on a scale from 'almost certain there is God/Allah/Big cow/goblins' to 'almost certain there is no supernatural being'?

[Mich the Tester]

The traditional Pagan beliefs of Europe have always seemed more sensible to me. Better than all that mono-theist rubbish that comes out of gobs of gentlemen from the western orient.

Just imagine if there'd been decent mental healthcare in Jerusalem 2000 years ago.

[gricerboy]

Isn't everybody with a functioning brain agnostic, but somewhere on a scale from 'almost certain there is God/Allah/Big cow/goblins' to 'almost certain there is no supernatural being'?

I used to love Stars on Sunday as a child.

[shaunbhoy]

I used to love Stars on Sunday as a child.

So more towards the goblin end of the spectrum then?
What about Tingha and Tucker?

[Ignis Fatuus]

Are you a believer?

I thought love was only true in fairy tales,
Meant for someone else but not for me.
Love was out to get me,
That's the way it seemed.
Disappointment haunted all my dreams.

In AlfredJPruffock mode

[gricerboy]

So more towards the goblin end of the spectrum then?
What about Tingha and Tucker?

LOL! I had to boogle them! Marginally before my time I'd say.

[gingerjedi]

This is rather as if you imagine a puddle waking up one morning and thinking, 'This is an interesting world I find myself in - an interesting hole I find myself in - fits me rather neatly, doesn't it? In fact it fits me staggeringly well, must have been made to have me in it!' This is such a powerful idea that as the sun rises in the sky and the air heats up and as, gradually, the puddle gets smaller and smaller, it's still frantically hanging on to the notion that everything's going to be alright, because this world was meant to have him in it, was built to have him in it; so the moment he disappears catches him rather by surprise. - Douglas Adams

[Boudica]

given fewer than 10% of britons attend church on a regular basis, the 'believers' are vastly over-represented by the bbc etc

proper thinking doesn't get a lot of air-time anywhere, philosophy or truly unbiased political commentary

thought for the day should be renamed patronising finger wagging of the day, except when lionel blue is on

[EC4N]

An interesting analogy for the chess playing agnostics and atheists.

[xoggoth]

What if your'e not a believer, atheist or agnostic?

Ie you do not have a problem with the idea of a creator only one who a) has a personal interest in our salvation or b) even if he does, has views that are remotely expressed by any established religion.

There was a thing the other evening on the alternative gospels. It showed the extent to which the early church picked and chose what to include in the new testament for purely political reasons. The gnostic gospels were excluded as being too elitist and therefore not being effective in uniting the empire under a single creed. How on earth do you get round that fact to still think it is the word of god?

There are similar conflicts in other religions over what are and what aren't the true teachings. I can understand wanting to believe in "something" but how anyone can give credence to teachings that were made or selected by men is beyond me.

PS I am going to call mysef an andywist. Most sensible option in there.