(October 2, 2015 at 2:39 pm)Whateverist the White Wrote: But there are other categories to be considered besides "do you believe in god(s)" - atheism and "are you certain that gods do or don't exist. In addition to being atheist and agnostic, I am also ignostic since I find the 'god(s)' in question poorly defined. I'll also cop to being apatheist since the questions concerning whatever these god things may be doesn't really interest me. (That said, I can admit to finding the question "why has god belief been so prevalent for so long" very interesting.)
So there are at least four god questions the answers to which can help to classify atheists. They are:
Do you believe in god(s)?
Are you certain whether they exist?
Do you know what we are even talking about when the G word comes up?
Do you care whether or not gods exist?
No.
For all practical day to day purposes yes. Philosophically no.
To the extent theists appear to yes. But it's still pretty murky.
Only if there turns out to be one.
If there is a god, I want to believe that there is a god. If there is not a god, I want to believe that there is no god.
