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Agnostic Skepticism- My Views
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RE: Agnostic Skepticism- My Views
A theist is someone with an active, positive belief in "God". Everyone else is an atheist. That is the commonly used definition of the word, at least on this forum. Of course, you may use words differently. Being an atheist requires no statement of positive belief. Whether you "identify" as an atheist doesn't change whether you are one or not. It's a common misconception that atheism requires a positive belief that there is no God; it doesn't.

If you don't know what your beliefs are, that's an entirely different matter and indicates some sort of internal struggle. It may be that your beliefs change frequently.

I think it's possible to have both an emotional and a logical belief, which can be at odds.

God is whatever the person I'm talking to says it is, hence my position of ignosticism. It's a meaningless word on its own. At best it's an unfalsifiable, useless hypothesis. At worst its incoherent imaginary rubbish.
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Agnostic Skepticism- My Views - by RiddledWithFear - November 13, 2016 at 4:04 am
RE: Agnostic Skepticism- My Views - by robvalue - November 13, 2016 at 4:07 am
RE: Agnostic Skepticism- My Views - by RiddledWithFear - November 13, 2016 at 4:13 am
RE: Agnostic Skepticism- My Views - by robvalue - November 13, 2016 at 4:15 am
RE: Agnostic Skepticism- My Views - by RiddledWithFear - November 13, 2016 at 4:33 am
RE: Agnostic Skepticism- My Views - by robvalue - November 13, 2016 at 4:19 am
RE: Agnostic Skepticism- My Views - by RiddledWithFear - November 13, 2016 at 4:42 am
RE: Agnostic Skepticism- My Views - by robvalue - November 13, 2016 at 4:47 am
RE: Agnostic Skepticism- My Views - by RiddledWithFear - November 13, 2016 at 4:53 am
RE: Agnostic Skepticism- My Views - by robvalue - November 13, 2016 at 4:59 am
RE: Agnostic Skepticism- My Views - by RiddledWithFear - November 13, 2016 at 5:05 am
RE: Agnostic Skepticism- My Views - by The Grand Nudger - November 13, 2016 at 4:54 am
RE: Agnostic Skepticism- My Views - by RiddledWithFear - November 13, 2016 at 5:01 am
RE: Agnostic Skepticism- My Views - by robvalue - November 13, 2016 at 4:55 am
RE: Agnostic Skepticism- My Views - by robvalue - November 13, 2016 at 5:01 am
RE: Agnostic Skepticism- My Views - by robvalue - November 13, 2016 at 5:02 am
RE: Agnostic Skepticism- My Views - by RiddledWithFear - November 13, 2016 at 5:07 am
RE: Agnostic Skepticism- My Views - by The Grand Nudger - November 13, 2016 at 5:10 am
RE: Agnostic Skepticism- My Views - by RiddledWithFear - November 13, 2016 at 5:20 am
RE: Agnostic Skepticism- My Views - by robvalue - November 13, 2016 at 5:11 am
RE: Agnostic Skepticism- My Views - by robvalue - November 13, 2016 at 5:15 am
RE: Agnostic Skepticism- My Views - by RiddledWithFear - November 13, 2016 at 5:27 am
RE: Agnostic Skepticism- My Views - by Expired - November 13, 2016 at 5:17 am
RE: Agnostic Skepticism- My Views - by robvalue - November 13, 2016 at 5:21 am
RE: Agnostic Skepticism- My Views - by RiddledWithFear - November 13, 2016 at 5:25 am
RE: Agnostic Skepticism- My Views - by robvalue - November 13, 2016 at 5:28 am
RE: Agnostic Skepticism- My Views - by Edwardo Piet - November 13, 2016 at 5:25 am
RE: Agnostic Skepticism- My Views - by RiddledWithFear - November 13, 2016 at 5:29 am
RE: Agnostic Skepticism- My Views - by Edwardo Piet - November 13, 2016 at 5:43 am
RE: Agnostic Skepticism- My Views - by RiddledWithFear - November 13, 2016 at 5:45 am
RE: Agnostic Skepticism- My Views - by robvalue - November 13, 2016 at 5:47 am
RE: Agnostic Skepticism- My Views - by RiddledWithFear - November 13, 2016 at 5:51 am
RE: Agnostic Skepticism- My Views - by robvalue - November 13, 2016 at 5:31 am
RE: Agnostic Skepticism- My Views - by The Grand Nudger - November 13, 2016 at 5:31 am
RE: Agnostic Skepticism- My Views - by robvalue - November 13, 2016 at 5:33 am
RE: Agnostic Skepticism- My Views - by RiddledWithFear - November 13, 2016 at 5:35 am
RE: Agnostic Skepticism- My Views - by robvalue - November 13, 2016 at 5:39 am
RE: Agnostic Skepticism- My Views - by RiddledWithFear - November 13, 2016 at 5:43 am
RE: Agnostic Skepticism- My Views - by Edwardo Piet - November 13, 2016 at 5:45 am
RE: Agnostic Skepticism- My Views - by RiddledWithFear - November 13, 2016 at 5:46 am
RE: Agnostic Skepticism- My Views - by Jesster - November 13, 2016 at 5:45 am
RE: Agnostic Skepticism- My Views - by robvalue - November 13, 2016 at 5:45 am
RE: Agnostic Skepticism- My Views - by Jesster - November 13, 2016 at 5:47 am
RE: Agnostic Skepticism- My Views - by robvalue - November 13, 2016 at 5:49 am
RE: Agnostic Skepticism- My Views - by robvalue - November 13, 2016 at 5:52 am
RE: Agnostic Skepticism- My Views - by brewer - November 13, 2016 at 8:31 am
RE: Agnostic Skepticism- My Views - by RiddledWithFear - November 13, 2016 at 2:49 pm
RE: Agnostic Skepticism- My Views - by brewer - November 13, 2016 at 2:54 pm
RE: Agnostic Skepticism- My Views - by bennyboy - November 13, 2016 at 9:17 pm
RE: Agnostic Skepticism- My Views - by RiddledWithFear - November 13, 2016 at 9:24 pm
RE: Agnostic Skepticism- My Views - by robvalue - November 14, 2016 at 2:43 am
RE: Agnostic Skepticism- My Views - by Whateverist - November 14, 2016 at 2:16 pm
RE: Agnostic Skepticism- My Views - by Edwardo Piet - November 14, 2016 at 2:37 pm
RE: Agnostic Skepticism- My Views - by Whateverist - November 14, 2016 at 3:21 pm
RE: Agnostic Skepticism- My Views - by Cyberman - November 14, 2016 at 4:14 pm
RE: Agnostic Skepticism- My Views - by robvalue - November 14, 2016 at 4:46 pm
RE: Agnostic Skepticism- My Views - by robvalue - November 14, 2016 at 3:06 pm
RE: Agnostic Skepticism- My Views - by Whateverist - November 14, 2016 at 3:23 pm
RE: Agnostic Skepticism- My Views - by RiddledWithFear - November 14, 2016 at 5:29 pm
RE: Agnostic Skepticism- My Views - by bennyboy - November 14, 2016 at 8:05 pm
RE: Agnostic Skepticism- My Views - by RiddledWithFear - November 14, 2016 at 8:16 pm
RE: Agnostic Skepticism- My Views - by Edwardo Piet - November 14, 2016 at 8:43 am
RE: Agnostic Skepticism- My Views - by robvalue - November 14, 2016 at 10:05 am
RE: Agnostic Skepticism- My Views - by The Grand Nudger - November 14, 2016 at 11:22 am
RE: Agnostic Skepticism- My Views - by robvalue - November 14, 2016 at 2:12 pm
RE: Agnostic Skepticism- My Views - by Edwardo Piet - November 14, 2016 at 2:33 pm
RE: Agnostic Skepticism- My Views - by Edwardo Piet - November 14, 2016 at 2:39 pm
RE: Agnostic Skepticism- My Views - by Edwardo Piet - November 14, 2016 at 3:59 pm
RE: Agnostic Skepticism- My Views - by Edwardo Piet - November 14, 2016 at 4:18 pm
RE: Agnostic Skepticism- My Views - by Whateverist - November 15, 2016 at 8:22 am
RE: Agnostic Skepticism- My Views - by Asmodee - November 14, 2016 at 5:48 pm
RE: Agnostic Skepticism- My Views - by robvalue - November 15, 2016 at 4:50 am
RE: Agnostic Skepticism- My Views - by robvalue - November 15, 2016 at 5:41 am
RE: Agnostic Skepticism- My Views - by Edwardo Piet - November 15, 2016 at 9:27 am
RE: Agnostic Skepticism- My Views - by Asmodee - November 15, 2016 at 11:16 am
RE: Agnostic Skepticism- My Views - by The Grand Nudger - November 17, 2016 at 5:05 am
RE: Agnostic Skepticism- My Views - by bennyboy - November 17, 2016 at 6:25 pm

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