Why am I an agnostic atheist? I don't know!

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Why am I an agnostic atheist? I don't know!

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RE: Why am I an agnostic atheist? I don't know!

January 2, 2011 at 11:17 am

(January 2, 2011 at 11:08 am)DoubtVsFaith Wrote: If I was a gnostic atheist on the other hand, I'd base my belief that God doesn't exist on some other belief and then maybe that belief on something else, and so on, until I'd get to an invalid and baseless belief, because, of course, I can't prove the negative that God doesn't exist. UNLESS he is a particular God who's definition contradictions himself.

Doesn't your analysis (iterative skepticism) apply to any belief?

You are assuming throughout that in order for a belief to be valid it has to be based on some other belief. But why believe that?

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Why am I an agnostic atheist? I don't know! - by Edwardo Piet - January 2, 2011 at 11:08 am

RE: Why am I an agnostic atheist? I don't know! - by Stempy - January 2, 2011 at 11:17 am

RE: Why am I an agnostic atheist? I don't know! - by Edwardo Piet - January 2, 2011 at 12:53 pm

RE: Why am I an agnostic atheist? I don't know! - by Darwinian - January 2, 2011 at 11:54 am

RE: Why am I an agnostic atheist? I don't know! - by Ace Otana - January 2, 2011 at 4:07 pm

RE: Why am I an agnostic atheist? I don't know! - by Edwardo Piet - January 2, 2011 at 4:53 pm

RE: Why am I an agnostic atheist? I don't know! - by Ace Otana - January 2, 2011 at 5:54 pm

RE: Why am I an agnostic atheist? I don't know! - by Edwardo Piet - January 3, 2011 at 9:19 am

RE: Why am I an agnostic atheist? I don't know! - by Ace Otana - January 3, 2011 at 11:55 am

RE: Why am I an agnostic atheist? I don't know! - by Edwardo Piet - January 3, 2011 at 12:50 pm

RE: Why am I an agnostic atheist? I don't know! - by Ace Otana - January 3, 2011 at 2:29 pm

RE: Why am I an agnostic atheist? I don't know! - by Edwardo Piet - January 4, 2011 at 10:09 am

RE: Why am I an agnostic atheist? I don't know! - by Ace Otana - January 5, 2011 at 4:46 am

RE: Why am I an agnostic atheist? I don't know! - by Edwardo Piet - January 5, 2011 at 7:54 am

RE: Why am I an agnostic atheist? I don't know! - by Welsh cake - January 2, 2011 at 6:53 pm

RE: Why am I an agnostic atheist? I don't know! - by Ashendant - January 2, 2011 at 8:09 pm

RE: Why am I an agnostic atheist? I don't know! - by Skipper - January 3, 2011 at 9:34 am

RE: Why am I an agnostic atheist? I don't know! - by Edwardo Piet - January 3, 2011 at 9:40 am

RE: Why am I an agnostic atheist? I don't know! - by Skipper - January 3, 2011 at 10:25 am

RE: Why am I an agnostic atheist? I don't know! - by Edwardo Piet - January 3, 2011 at 11:11 am

RE: Why am I an agnostic atheist? I don't know! - by Rhizomorph13 - January 3, 2011 at 7:22 pm

RE: Why am I an agnostic atheist? I don't know! - by Ace Otana - January 4, 2011 at 9:16 pm

RE: Why am I an agnostic atheist? I don't know! - by Ace Otana - January 5, 2011 at 8:23 am

RE: Why am I an agnostic atheist? I don't know! - by Edwardo Piet - January 5, 2011 at 8:32 am

RE: Why am I an agnostic atheist? I don't know! - by Ace Otana - January 5, 2011 at 8:37 am

RE: Why am I an agnostic atheist? I don't know! - by Edwardo Piet - January 5, 2011 at 8:40 am

RE: Why am I an agnostic atheist? I don't know! - by Ace Otana - January 5, 2011 at 8:42 am

RE: Why am I an agnostic atheist? I don't know! - by Edwardo Piet - January 5, 2011 at 8:47 am

RE: Why am I an agnostic atheist? I don't know! - by Ace Otana - January 5, 2011 at 8:55 am

RE: Why am I an agnostic atheist? I don't know! - by Edwardo Piet - January 5, 2011 at 9:07 am

RE: Why am I an agnostic atheist? I don't know! - by Ace Otana - January 5, 2011 at 9:11 am

RE: Why am I an agnostic atheist? I don't know! - by Edwardo Piet - January 5, 2011 at 9:12 am

RE: Why am I an agnostic atheist? I don't know! - by Ace Otana - January 5, 2011 at 9:13 am

RE: Why am I an agnostic atheist? I don't know! - by Darwinian - January 5, 2011 at 9:17 am

RE: Why am I an agnostic atheist? I don't know! - by Edwardo Piet - January 5, 2011 at 9:43 am

RE: Why am I an agnostic atheist? I don't know! - by Darwinian - January 5, 2011 at 9:50 am

RE: Why am I an agnostic atheist? I don't know! - by Edwardo Piet - January 5, 2011 at 9:53 am

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