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Agnosticism and neutralism

(I'm putting this here so as not to clutter up the various agnostic neutralism pages any more than they already are.) I would definitely agree that the issues in the sources you've found warrant a mention on the the Agnosticism page, maybe in an "agnosticism and neutrality" section or something. You've found some nice sources and the article itself is currently disproportionally skewed towards history and criticism. It'd be a shame for those sources to go to waste. Eldamorie (talk) 15:44, 20 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I appreciate you taking the time and effort to investigate these sources. I agree that the main Agnosticism page is somewhat lacking in regards to the overall aspect of "neutrality" or "neutralism". I'm also very pleased to know that these sources are valid, and in fact good sources. Thank you for the recognition.UnReAL13D (talk) 17:43, 20 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Vanilla Agnosticism

I think you're confused with the word "vanilla", when you say things like "Okay, am I missing something here? What exactly is "vanilla agnosticism" supposed to be? This is Greek to me. I have NEVER heard that phrase used by a philosopher of any kind.", or, "Plus telling someone that you subscribe to "Vanilla Agnosticism" sounds a lot more ridiculous than saying "Agnostic Neutralism". ".

Nobody is trying to make the term 'vanilla agnosticism' instead of 'agnosticism' or 'agnostic neutralism'. 'Vanilla' is a normal English adjective that means 'without distinction'. So what we mean when we say 'vanilla agnosticism' in that discussion is 'normal agnosticism' or just 'agnosticism'; just making it clear we're not talking about the view under discussion, but the existing view. Just wanted to clarify that. GManNickG (talk) 23:36, 22 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Understood, but I still feel that "Agnostic Neutralism" describes the essential "default" and "neutral" position of Agnosticism a little better. Apparently you guys decided to delete the page for Agnostic Neutralism anyway, so it seems irrelevant at this point. I'm just hoping that there will at least be a section addressing "neutrality" in the main Agnosticism page. Or perhaps I should bring it up on that talk page. Either way, I still think it's a bit absurd to tell someone you're a "Vanilla Agnostic". Who is really going to take someone seriously at that point? UnReAL13D (talk) 05:35, 23 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Again, vanilla is just a regular adjective. I understand that might sound weird if you're not too used to it but it's fairly normal in my experience. Also, we didn't delete it, per se, that was just the majority decision and the process ended. Since we're talking about a whole new section now, and not the page, I'll be happy to forget everything and approach this like new. GManNickG (talk) 07:20, 23 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I just wanna note that I've never heard the term "Vanilla" used in this context, nor can I find a definition describing it as such. This must be an inside term for the realm of philosophers and such, a sort of "philosophical slang". Which is why the term "neutral" seems to make more sense to me, plus it sounds a bit more generalized and serious overall. UnReAL13D (talk) 07:34, 23 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

No, not an inside term for philosophy or anything, just a regular English word. Here's one location: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vanilla?show=1&t=1293090792. It's really not intended to mean 'neutral' or anything. GManNickG (talk) 07:54, 23 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

That dictionary definition actually lists "neutral" as a synonym. Maybe not "intended" to mean neutral, but it certainly is a synonymous concept. UnReAL13D (talk) 08:44, 23 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Oh didn't even notice. That's just a coincidence that the term under discussion happened to be, in part,'neutralism'. If we had a variety of plates, where the original color was white, but we also manufactured them in red, blue, purple, etc., a "vanilla" plate just refers to the original plain white plate. GManNickG (talk) 09:04, 23 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

"If we had a variety of plates, where the original color was white, but we also manufactured them in red, blue, purple, etc., a "vanilla" plate just refers to the original plain white plate" --- There's a few different ways this could be interpreted, in terms of a theological sense. Technically white is the "absence of every color", while black is "the saturation of every color". Except a "Vanilla Agnostic" isn't necessarily "lacking" belief, they are simply not committed to any particular belief. If anything the color "black" represents the idea better in this sense as agnostics hold all beliefs as "possible".

In another sense though, the color "white" is considered to be "holy", while "black" represents "death" or "darkness". Light vs. dark, yin vs. yang, good vs. evil, etc. Although I would hardly consider an agnostic to be "holy". At best you could say a Vanilla Agnostic is "temporally non-spiritual".

So it could be argued that there's a certain amount of ambiguity over the term "Vanilla" as to what it really implies. Obviously the sense you're using it in correlates more with the "flavor of vanilla", as in a "plain or ordinary taste". Which sounds logical, but "neutral" is certainly a synonym and captures the emphasis of "without distinction" far more effectively, in my opinion. UnReAL13D (talk) 09:41, 23 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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