(November 1, 2010 at 1:46 pm)Tiberius Wrote:(November 1, 2010 at 10:26 am)Ervin Wrote: Anyway I still believe that you need belief in order to be an atheist.Before I engage you, I'd like to know your exact stance on the subject, so please give me your answers to these questions:
1) If a person believes in the existence of a God (any God), what would you label them?
2) If a person believes that no Gods exist, what would you label them?
3) If a person has no belief one way or the other concerning the existence of Gods, what would you call them?
Perhaps I should comment on the third question (it's the most important for me, anyway). I am not asking about people who are "undecided" about what they believe. The group of people covered by (3) includes those who reject both position (1) and position (2). So whilst some of them could be classified as "undecided", there can exist some who have actively decided to be position (3), as opposed to position (1) or position (3).
Once I understand how you separate people out, I'll be able to better engage you on your assertions
1)A person who believes in God I would label them a believer in God
2) a person that doesn't believe in God I would label as believer in no God theory
3) I supose I would call someone who has no belief either way a agnostic or undecided. Undicided is when it seems like he/she are about to make a decision sometime soon or I supose just agnostic.
Now these are my views on the subject
Thanks