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Who positivity asserts. "there is no god!"
July 3, 2012 at 2:39 am
When I say this I do not mean any particular god(s). but a deistic god one with no other attributes than that they created the universe.
Now while I don't believe this, I don't assert there is no such god(s) because it is a positive assertion.
Who agrees with this statement
There is a point to this and I will reveal it after. And no I'm not going to call you all agnostics after you agree with the statement. In the strictest sense however I am an agnostic atheist or an Implicit weak/negative atheists which sounds a lot worse...
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RE: Who positivity asserts. "there is no god!"
July 3, 2012 at 2:47 am
I'm an agnostic atheist, so yes, I agree.
Most people post an introductory thread, by the way  It's not like it's required, but it's considered courteous.
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RE: Who positivity asserts. "there is no god!"
July 3, 2012 at 2:52 am
(July 3, 2012 at 2:47 am)Tempus Wrote: I'm an agnostic atheist, so yes, I agree.
Most people post an introductory thread, by the way It's not like it's required, but it's considered courteous.
Sorry, HEYA! And there is a propose but stating it would ruin the result. that's why I didn't exactly come in as friendly as I probably should have done.
My bad!
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RE: Who positivity asserts. "there is no god!"
July 3, 2012 at 7:42 am
I often assert it but never really mean it,because i know that there's always a slight chance for the existence of god/s.
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RE: Who positivity asserts. "there is no god!"
July 3, 2012 at 8:21 am
I assert that there are no unicorns, because I have never encountered a reason to believe otherwise. Why should gods be any different? There is always the unlikely chance that my assertion is incorrect, but I'm not going to lose any sleep over it.
Do gods exist? I believe it is safe to say... probably not.
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RE: Who positivity asserts. "there is no god!"
July 3, 2012 at 8:37 am
(This post was last modified: July 3, 2012 at 8:37 am by Ace Otana.)
I don't assert that there is no god because there may be a god. I don't know for sure. My stance is - I don't believe any god exists. I acknowledge that it's possible however maintain that it's unlikely and so far completely unsupported.
I'm quite comfortable as an agnostic atheist. No claims made, just a simple rejection of baseless claims. I live my life on the assumption that god does not exist, that there is no afterlife and that every religion in the world is wrong. Just leave it as that and focus on living my life.
Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence - Carl Sagan
Mankind's intelligence walks hand in hand with it's stupidity.
Being an atheist says nothing about your overall intelligence, it just means you don't believe in god. Atheists can be as bright as any scientist and as stupid as any creationist.
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RE: Who positivity asserts. "there is no god!"
July 3, 2012 at 9:15 am
"The Universe is run by the complex interweaving of three elements: energy, matter, and enlightened self-interest." G'Kar-B5
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RE: Who positivity asserts. "there is no god!"
July 3, 2012 at 12:02 pm
Agnostic atheist here.
Welcome.
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RE: Who positivity asserts. "there is no god!"
July 3, 2012 at 12:58 pm
You can actually confidently say God doesn't exist if he is fully defined. Can it be said that Zeus doesn't exist, or the Christian god for that matter?
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RE: Who positivity asserts. "there is no god!"
July 3, 2012 at 1:06 pm
(July 3, 2012 at 12:58 pm)FallentoReason Wrote: You can actually confidently say God doesn't exist if he is fully defined. Can it be said that Zeus doesn't exist, or the Christian god for that matter?
I think you have to look at the big picture. God, as typically defined, is an unrestricted negative and cannot be disproven. It is only when the more cheeky theists actually get more specific in their metaphysical ramblings that their Gods become apparently false.
Also, I feel I can affirmatively assert that the Christian God isn't real.
But anyway, I see what you are getting at.
My conclusion is that there is no reason to believe any of the dogmas of traditional theology and, further, that there is no reason to wish that they were true.
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