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Thread: Hi, an agnostic here ... just agnostic.
Post: RE: Hi, an agnostic here ... just agnostic.
| (November 8, 2016 at 12:55 pm)mh.brewer Wrote: (November 8, 2016 at 12:47 pm)TheHuxleyAgnostic Wrote: Define yourself how you want. I defined myself how I wanted. Defined the terms how I use them.... |
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Thread: Hi, an agnostic here ... just agnostic.
Post: RE: Hi, an agnostic here ... just agnostic.
| (November 8, 2016 at 11:58 am)mh.brewer Wrote: OP, Welcome. Thanks for making an intro thread. If the debate becomes heated you might want to start a new thread. We limit "introduction" threads to, ... |
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Thread: Hi, an agnostic here ... just agnostic.
Post: RE: Hi, an agnostic here ... just agnostic.
| (November 8, 2016 at 5:15 am)Irrational Wrote: (November 8, 2016 at 4:56 am)TheHuxleyAgnostic Wrote: Must be misunderstanding.
X = gods exist
A: has a belief "gods exist", has no belief "gods d... |
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November 8, 2016 at 12:41 pm |
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Thread: Hi, an agnostic here ... just agnostic.
Post: RE: Hi, an agnostic here ... just agnostic.
| (November 8, 2016 at 5:03 am)ApeNotKillApe Wrote: 'The store is open' is a statement I understand. Don't know what 'gods exist' is even supposed to mean.
Same result, suspension of judgement. No bel... |
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Thread: Hi, an agnostic here ... just agnostic.
Post: RE: Hi, an agnostic here ... just agnostic.
| (November 8, 2016 at 4:37 am)Irrational Wrote: (November 8, 2016 at 4:34 am)TheHuxleyAgnostic Wrote: Yes, that's what "true" means ... "not false".
A: belief P, no belief ~P
B: no belief P, no b... |
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Thread: Hi, an agnostic here ... just agnostic.
Post: RE: Hi, an agnostic here ... just agnostic.
| (November 8, 2016 at 4:33 am)Jesster Wrote: (November 8, 2016 at 4:27 am)TheHuxleyAgnostic Wrote: I haven't created a false dichotomy. I presented 3 possible options, when there are 3 possible opt... |
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Thread: Hi, an agnostic here ... just agnostic.
Post: RE: Hi, an agnostic here ... just agnostic.
| (November 8, 2016 at 3:56 am)Irrational Wrote: (November 8, 2016 at 3:46 am)TheHuxleyAgnostic Wrote: For any claim: X, you can believe X is true, believe X is false, or have no belief either way. ... |
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Thread: Hi, an agnostic here ... just agnostic.
Post: RE: Hi, an agnostic here ... just agnostic.
| (November 8, 2016 at 3:57 am)Jesster Wrote: (November 8, 2016 at 3:46 am)TheHuxleyAgnostic Wrote: For any claim: X, you can believe X is true, believe X is false, or have no belief either way.
P... |
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Thread: Hi, an agnostic here ... just agnostic.
Post: RE: Hi, an agnostic here ... just agnostic.
| (November 8, 2016 at 4:00 am)Jesster Wrote: (November 8, 2016 at 3:46 am)TheHuxleyAgnostic Wrote: Yeah, you're the one that doesn't seem to understand how suffixes work. And, no matter how many ti... |
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Thread: Hi, an agnostic here ... just agnostic.
Post: RE: Hi, an agnostic here ... just agnostic.
| Oxford Handbook of Atheism, acknowledging the narrow definition of "atheist" is the more common, even though they use the broader definition. They also acknowledge agnosticism is not compatible with b... |
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Thread: Hi, an agnostic here ... just agnostic.
Post: RE: Hi, an agnostic here ... just agnostic.
| For any claim: X, you can believe X is true, believe X is false, or have no belief either way.
Person A: belief X is true, no belief X is false
Person B: no belief X is true, no belief X is false
Pe... |
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Thread: Hi, an agnostic here ... just agnostic.
Post: RE: Hi, an agnostic here ... just agnostic.
| (November 8, 2016 at 3:21 am)Jesster Wrote: Fine, fine. I will break the words down for you. We'll go legitimately original here.
a- is a prefix that means "not" or "without"
theism derives from ... |
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Thread: Hi, an agnostic here ... just agnostic.
Post: RE: Hi, an agnostic here ... just agnostic.
| (November 8, 2016 at 2:51 am)Jesster Wrote: I don't see why I should agree with Huxley's personal definition. Knock yourself out, though. It's really not just internet atheists who use the more comm... |
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Thread: Hi, an agnostic here ... just agnostic.
Post: RE: Hi, an agnostic here ... just agnostic.
| (November 8, 2016 at 2:24 am)Alasdair Ham Wrote: :welcome:
Agnosticism relates to knowledge; not beliefs. But... :welcome:
Thanks. Just quoted the guy who put the word together and defined the ism.... |
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November 8, 2016 at 2:35 am |
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Thread: Hi, an agnostic here ... just agnostic.
Post: RE: Hi, an agnostic here ... just agnostic.
| (November 8, 2016 at 2:19 am)Jesster Wrote: If you say so. Welcome.
However, I am an atheist and I do not claim that gods do not exist. Use the label you want, I guess, though.
Sure. Not a fan of t... |
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November 8, 2016 at 2:32 am |
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Thread: Hi, an agnostic here ... just agnostic.
Post: Hi, an agnostic here ... just agnostic.
| Hello,
I was never taught to believe gods exist, or to believe they don't, growing up. As a teenager, I came across the writings of T. H. Huxley, and found the label for what I was, an agnostic. And... |
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November 8, 2016 at 2:16 am |
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Thread: Agnostic among Atheists
Post: RE: Agnostic among Atheists
| (November 7, 2016 at 11:43 pm)Whateverist Wrote: Or has read some Huxley but does not find him authoritative on the matter.
...or hasn't read the Oxford Handbook of Atheism, or hasn't read The Cambr... |
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Thread: Agnostic among Atheists
Post: RE: Agnostic among Atheists
| (July 4, 2015 at 4:59 pm)doomed Wrote: So, I don't consider myself atheist, but the agnostic label fits me perfectly well.
That's a perfectly acceptable label, all on its own. You don't have to use ... |
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November 7, 2016 at 4:44 pm |
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Thread: What is the right definition of agnostic?
Post: RE: What is the right definition of agnostic?
| (June 23, 2016 at 5:11 am)Red_Wind Wrote: So what is the right definition?
For any claim: X, you can believe X is true, believe X is false, or have no belief either way.
Person A: belief X is true... |
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