The argument that Wikipedia is actually a more trustworthty source of information stems from the fact that it is edited by millions of people versus a small handful of editors or authors for any academic source - but the problem with Wikipedia is that what you see on the screen is not really the "average" bias composite of all the input of those people that have contributed to an article - but rather a ragged conglomeration of what happens to be the current edit of the day...mixed in with what people "pick and choose" to add or delete liberally.
As for agnosticism and atheism - I think those are pretty simple terms that don't require the sort of crazy semantic discussions we are finding in this thread.
Iny layman's terms - An agnostic is not sure if there is a supernatural god or not and questions if it is even possible to know if there is one - or if it even matters...but the possibility is there even if it is irrelevant to life.
An atheist is stone-cold certain there is no god or supernatural force.
Last edited by Hack&Lube; 10-17-2006 at 12:24 PM.
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