Is agnosticism a prerequisite to being a logical thinker?

logical thinker's first prerequisite is to be agnostic

There has to be someone who was ultimately respeonsible for any and all of creation - the basic building blocks that started off from the primodal atom that expanded to form the universe, or maybe placed the current universe in the condition that it is now. Pondering and questioing about who made that someone is what makes you an agnostic. I believe in a creator but would not like to pin him down to any particular faith, so am I agnostic as per the Christain defination of the term? I think not. If you mean a logical thinker from the theological or the philosophical point of view, I don't see why you have to be agnostic to be logical. As a matter of fact a person needs an unbiased mind to think logically from these points of view.

Is agnosticism a prerequisite to being a logical thinker? The answer to this question is so obvious, I am surprised you asked. The answer? MAYBE!

Lets start with ' what is being logical?'. IN my opinion a person who can substantiate his arguments without contradicting himself is a logical thinker, though there might be people who refuse to acknowledge the contradictions they are making. Therefore,theists,atheits and agnostics can all be logical, only everyone finds the other ignorant and illogical. Marvit, why dont you post some of your own thoughts when you post a discussion?

You can be a logical thinker also if you are a believer, but you must set aside religion sometimes when you think logically

In my opinion logic is a grossly misused term in the current times. Although we all love to be on the side of logic, majority of us don't have the guts to side with it. Firstly, the concept of logic. Logic for making any sense to our daily life has to be not only valid but also sound. The difference between valid and sound logic is that a valid logic only guarantees that the inference process is correct. It doesn't says anything about the applicability of the conclusions as they are dependent upon the axioms used. The biggest mistake of the modern day is that we assume that all the necessary axioms are known or available and hence any logic application is simply sound. This is not the case and hence explains why we fail in our endeavours. There is a saying in famous Hindu text Ramcharitamanas, -- binu satsand bibeka na hoi . ram krupa bina sulabh na soi . This simply means that without a good company one doesn't get the ability of wisdom, something that is necessary for deciding whether the axioms are correct or not and hence the logic is sound or not. And this good company is the grace of Lord Ram. This importance of good company is not highlighted by nearly all philosophies. Notable point is that the saying doesn't stress on one following one book or any monopolistic following. But is just says that wisdom has to be gathered from environment and is not something that is inherent.

may be yes

i think so without agnosticism either faith or aitheism gets in the way of logic, although it can be argued that aitheism itself is a faith if only a nielistic one

yeah, i pretty much agree with the statement. people tend to pull in god and the religion stuffs when miracle happens, actually it's because they can't find an explanation for it and thus link it to spiritual things.

At first: what's logical mind?