I can’t tell from the excerpt if Vincent Bugliosi is a proponent or an opponent of agnosticism. Does it matter though? Does anybody who reads “Helter Skelter” (Bugliosi’s only claim to fame) really give a crap what his religious beliefs are?
I didn’t think so.
some quotes:
The Christian God: “God cannot be all-good, all-powerful, and all-knowing at the same time. These are irreconcilable virtues in a world overflowing with the bloody crops of evil.”
Darwin and evolution: “Although they may be right, I can say that viscerally I fine it difficult to conceptualize the notion of bacteria evolving into Mozart.”
Intelligent Design: “How modern Christianity can hang its supposedly intellectual, logical, and reasoned hat on this theory is beyond me.”
Prayer: “In my opinion, two working hands can achieve far more that 100 million coupled ones.”
Atheism: “If the fulcrum of the debate is faith, since faith can be defined as the belief in something that cannot be proved by evidence, why isn’t the belief that there is no God any less faith-based than the belief by theists that there is?”
In his defense of agnosticism, Bugliosi contends, “Because God and the meaning of life are impenetrable mysteries, agnosticism is the only intelligent, strong position one can take on the question of God’s existence. Doubt is divine in that it impels a search for the truth. It opens the door to knowledge. Faith puts a lock on the door.”