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Agnostic Skepticism- My Views
#21
RE: Agnostic Skepticism- My Views
Sounds like a fence sitter to me.
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#22
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(November 13, 2016 at 5:10 am)Rhythm Wrote:
(November 13, 2016 at 5:01 am)RiddledWithFear Wrote: I do not claim to believe.
Which makes you an atheist.  Pretty straightforward, since atheists are just people who do not believe.

Quote:I have explained this. Neither do I claim to not believe. I claim to be neutral.
Neutral isn't believing, so, again, an atheist, a person who does not believe.  Bit of binary proposition, you know?

Quote:I'm just as likely to attack a religious doctrine as I am to attack a scientific hypothesis.
Nothing to do with atheism.

Quote:I'm just as likely to attack a cult as I am to attack a hate-filled, hell-bent on attacking religion, community.
Nothing to do with atheism.

Quote:I am neutral. I do noy pick sides. Until we have solid evidence, I'm not taking sides.

Solid evidence of -what-...lol?  You don't need evidence for beliefs, ask the christers, lol.  You;d need evidence for knowledge, perhaps...but that would be the agnostic/gnostic portion, not the atheist/theist portion.  There are no "sides" McNubbins, the term only refers to your personal state of belief, not the accuracy of anyones personal state of belief, lol.  You don't believe, therefore you're an atheist...a person who does not believe, even if you are -also- an agnostic, a person who does not know.

Hence, agnostic atheist.

Quote:Neutral isn't believing so again atheist.
Do you realize how ridiculous that sounds? It's like saying "No evidence that He doesn't exist, so He exists." You're picking sides here. It also means that I don't not believe. I'm going to say it again. There are no intended implications except that I don't believe as well as don't not believe. I am neutral. How is that difficult to understand?
Quote:Nothing to do with atheism.

But it has something to do with religious skepticism.

Quote:Nothing to do with atheism.
Again, it has something to do with religious skepticism.

Quote:Solid evidence of -what-...lol?  You don't need evidence for beliefs, ask the christers, lol.  You;d need evidence for knowledge, perhaps...but that would be the agnostic/gnostic portion, not the atheist/theist portion.  There are no "sides" McNubbins, the term only refers to your personal state of belief, not the accuracy of anyones personal state of belief, lol.  You don't believe, therefore you're an atheist...a person who does not believe, even if you are -also- an agnostic, a person who does not know.
No solid evidence of whether or not a God exists. Notice the "or not" part there. 

Again, one-sided. I don't believe, but I also don't not believe.
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#23
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To clarify that point: Christianity is not well-defined. You can make it into whatever you want, and call it Christianity. There is no authority that can say otherwise.

Atheism/theism are well defined. (Once you've finished agreeing what the words mean.)
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#24
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(November 13, 2016 at 5:21 am)robvalue Wrote: To clarify that point: Christianity is not well-defined. You can make it into whatever you want, and call it Christianity. There is no authority that can say otherwise.

Atheism/theism are well defined. (Once you've finished agreeing what the words mean.)

Not necessarily. The basis of Christianity, always has been, is the acceptance of Jesus Christ, and the acceptance of His life, ministry, death, and resurrection. Sure, Mormonism has added onto it, but it still has that basis. But I'm just reading way to into the lines now, apologies.
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#25
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Well to start off "neither a theist nor non-theist" literally makes as little sense as "neither married nor unmarried".
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#26
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(November 13, 2016 at 5:15 am)robvalue Wrote: By the way, "atheist" is a description of fact, it's not a label one chooses. Of course, you can identify as anything you like, but either you actually are an atheist, or you are not. It refers to a real thing; a state of mind. The same thing goes for being a theist.

This is different to being a Christian. All you need to do to be a Christian is to say you're a Christian. What you actually believe is of no relevance. Christianity is a club of sorts; atheism is not.

Fair enough, I suppose.
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(November 13, 2016 at 5:25 am)RiddledWithFear Wrote:
(November 13, 2016 at 5:21 am)robvalue Wrote: To clarify that point: Christianity is not well-defined. You can make it into whatever you want, and call it Christianity. There is no authority that can say otherwise.

Atheism/theism are well defined. (Once you've finished agreeing what the words mean.)

Not necessarily. The basis of Christianity, always has been, is the acceptance of Jesus Christ, and the acceptance of His life, ministry, death, and resurrection. Sure, Mormonism has added onto it, but it still has that basis. But I'm just reading way to into the lines now, apologies.

But my new new version doesn't include anything about that. This is a denomination that worships an onion, which is the true Christ. I can call all other Christians "not true Christians" just as they will say the same to me. Legally, I'm a Christian; and that's the only sense in which it makes any difference.
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#28
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(November 13, 2016 at 5:25 am)Alasdair Ham Wrote: Well to start off "neither a theist nor non-theist" literally makes as little sense as "neither married nor unmarried".

Hate to over-dramatize it, but one can't afford the luxury of having either belief.

(November 13, 2016 at 5:28 am)robvalue Wrote:
(November 13, 2016 at 5:25 am)RiddledWithFear Wrote: Not necessarily. The basis of Christianity, always has been, is the acceptance of Jesus Christ, and the acceptance of His life, ministry, death, and resurrection. Sure, Mormonism has added onto it, but it still has that basis. But I'm just reading way to into the lines now, apologies.

But my new new version doesn't include anything about that. This is a denomination that worships an onion, which is the true Christ. I can call all other Christians "not true Christians" just as they will say the same to me. Legally, I'm a Christian; and that's the only sense in which it makes any difference.

I realize that. Methinks this was before I head read the new.
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#29
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If you don't have a belief in god, Riddle, then you're an atheist, lol. That's all the word means. A person who doesn't believe in god.
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If Christians had to actually believe the stuff they said they believe, then there would hardly be any, and there's no way to tell the difference short of a brain scan or something.

But since they can claim to believe whatever they want and call it Christianity, I'm not going to argue with any of them.
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