Nov 10, 2014 10:15
9 yrs ago
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English term
agnostic
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- Are you a bleeding pacifist?
- I am agnostic about violence.
I know what 'agnostic' means but I'm not sure how to translate it in this context.
I don't accept it? Disregard? I'm indifferent to it?
- I am agnostic about violence.
I know what 'agnostic' means but I'm not sure how to translate it in this context.
I don't accept it? Disregard? I'm indifferent to it?
Responses
| 3 +10 | haven't made up my mind |
Tony M
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haven't made up my mind
Unlike an atheist, an agnostic doesn't deny the possibility of the existence of a God — in other words, they don't know (that's the underlying meaning of the Greek root a + gnos)
So one might say "in two minds about it", "the jury's still out", etc. "Not quite sure really how I feel about it" might be the sort of expression that could work with 'violence'.
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Note added at 21 minutes (2014-11-10 10:36:52 GMT)
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Another variant! "I'm not really sure quite where I stand on violence"
So one might say "in two minds about it", "the jury's still out", etc. "Not quite sure really how I feel about it" might be the sort of expression that could work with 'violence'.
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Note added at 21 minutes (2014-11-10 10:36:52 GMT)
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Another variant! "I'm not really sure quite where I stand on violence"
Peer comment(s):
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Charles Davis
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Thanks, Charles!
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kmtext
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Thanks, KMT!
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Danik 2014
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Thanks, Danik!
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David Knowles
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Thanks, David!
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Jack Doughty
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Thanks, Jack!
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Sven Petersson
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Thanks, Sven!
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Cilian O'Tuama
: MW says - not having or being commited to a definite opinion about something : noncommittal 1, undogmatic
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Thanks, Cilian! Very helpful...
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Ildiko Santana
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Thanks, Ildiko!
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Yvonne Gallagher
: well, if violence is proven to be necessary....
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Thanks, Gallagy! I'm with Gandhi on this one... well, unless it proves necessary to nuke 'em ;-)
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petrolhead
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Thanks, P/H!
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Comment: "Thank you very much!"
Discussion
Violence is not an answer, unless the question is: "What is not an answer?"
It also reads like a quite powerful statement nowadays, when war is newly seen as the default solution to all sorts of conflicts, and religion is often an excuse to start it.