One of the social networking websites I use has a section on everybody's profile that you fill out for various things about yourself, height, weight, ethnicity, things like that, and of course there's one for religion. And when you click "religion", there's another box that you can check for how powerfully you feel about it. So you might see somebody that has a profile that says "Christian, and I'm very serious about it," or you might see "Jewish, but not too serious about it."
Of course, there's also atheists and agnostics, but what amuses me is when somebody has it set to "Agnostic, but not too serious about it."
Well, no, you wouldn't be very serious about it. Pretty much by definition. "I am not sure if there is a God, and I'm holding out for proof. Still, with the right argument and philosophy you might be able to get me to change my mind, although I doubt it. I'm open minded either way. But I will totally kick a person in the nuts for disagreeing with me. People who disagree with me are not allowed to marry my daughter. Fence sitters only!"
Conversely, sometimes you'll see somebody that's got it set to "Atheist, and not very serious about it." Actually, that makes you agnostic, asshole.
Published on January 03, 2012 17:04