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There is no God, and I am certain of this.
37.68%
26 37.68%
I firmly believe there is no God, but there is a teeny tiny possibility I could be wrong.
21.74%
15 21.74%
I believe there is no God, but there is a possibility I could be wrong.
14.49%
10 14.49%
I really don't know if there is a God or not, but since I have not yet seen any evidence, I live my life as though there isn't.
26.09%
18 26.09%
I have no idea one way or the other, and am always weighing both possibilities in my head.
0%
0 0%
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Where do you stand on the existence of God?
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RE: Where do you stand on the existence of God?
(November 24, 2015 at 12:59 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: Yeah, I definitely meant for the "do not know, but live as if there is no God" option to be between a 5 and a 4, but I can see how it can be interpreted differently. Everything else is right on, except maybe the "weak 6" would be between a 6 and a 5... lol. Ahh, this is getting complicated lol.

Therein lies the problem with language: interpretation.

To me, "I don't know but I live my life without that assumption" can definitely fall firmly in a 6, or can apply to a 5 or a high 4, it just all depends on how one interprets "I don't know."  It can be an informed "I don't know" based on the evaluation of evidence so far, or it can be an "I can't even form an opinion on the matter" sort of "I don't know."

(November 24, 2015 at 1:05 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote:
(November 24, 2015 at 12:28 pm)Clueless Morgan Wrote: So in Dawkins Scale speak you'd be a 1 or 2?  Or maybe a 1.0000000001 Wink

Haha, well I think he was a little loaded in the way he wrote #1. I dunno. It's not that I have never questioned, or that I never weigh possibilities in my head, it's that at this point I always come to the firm conclusion that there is a God. The way he wrote it made it sound like the person never actually thinks about it. But yes, I feel as certain that God is real as I am certain that my husband loves me. And that feels 100% certain.

I don't think it's any more loaded than saying "I am 100% sure that there is no god" which is how he defines a 7.  You could invert them and use "I am 100% sure that there is a god" as the definition of a 1 and "I do not question that there is no god, I know no gods exist" as the definition of a 7 and I don't think that changes the veracity of either position.

Quote:I always come to the firm conclusion that there is a God.

What makes you come to that conclusion?
Teenaged X-Files obsession + Bermuda Triangle episode + Self-led school research project = Atheist.
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Where do you stand on the existence of God? - by Catholic_Lady - November 24, 2015 at 11:40 am
RE: Where do you stand on the existence of God? - by vorlon13 - November 24, 2015 at 11:49 am
RE: Where do you stand on the existence of God? - by Pizza - November 24, 2015 at 11:52 am
RE: Where do you stand on the existence of God? - by Longhorn - November 27, 2015 at 11:04 am
RE: Where do you stand on the existence of God? - by Silver - November 24, 2015 at 12:03 pm
RE: Where do you stand on the existence of God? - by dyresand - November 24, 2015 at 12:06 pm
RE: Where do you stand on the existence of God? - by Silver - December 1, 2015 at 7:28 pm
RE: Where do you stand on the existence of God? - by Chas - December 2, 2015 at 8:04 pm
RE: Where do you stand on the existence of God? - by robvalue - November 24, 2015 at 12:08 pm
RE: Where do you stand on the existence of God? - by Clueless Morgan - November 24, 2015 at 3:00 pm
RE: Where do you stand on the existence of God? - by Chad32 - November 24, 2015 at 12:38 pm
RE: Where do you stand on the existence of God? - by Chad32 - November 24, 2015 at 12:49 pm
RE: Where do you stand on the existence of God? - by Minimalist - November 24, 2015 at 12:49 pm
RE: Where do you stand on the existence of God? - by Angrboda - November 24, 2015 at 12:56 pm
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RE: Where do you stand on the existence of God? - by Esquilax - November 24, 2015 at 2:50 pm
RE: Where do you stand on the existence of God? - by Cecelia - November 24, 2015 at 3:00 pm
RE: Where do you stand on the existence of God? - by Pizza - November 24, 2015 at 5:35 pm
RE: Where do you stand on the existence of God? - by robvalue - November 24, 2015 at 6:08 pm
RE: Where do you stand on the existence of God? - by brewer - November 24, 2015 at 6:53 pm
RE: Where do you stand on the existence of God? - by Dystopia - November 24, 2015 at 8:10 pm
RE: Where do you stand on the existence of God? - by robvalue - November 25, 2015 at 12:58 am
RE: Where do you stand on the existence of God? - by Silver - November 25, 2015 at 12:59 am
RE: Where do you stand on the existence of God? - by c172 - November 25, 2015 at 1:48 am
RE: Where do you stand on the existence of God? - by Kingpin - November 25, 2015 at 10:56 am
RE: Where do you stand on the existence of God? - by IATIA - November 25, 2015 at 2:57 am
RE: Where do you stand on the existence of God? - by robvalue - November 25, 2015 at 3:16 am
RE: Where do you stand on the existence of God? - by robvalue - November 25, 2015 at 3:40 am
RE: Where do you stand on the existence of God? - by Longhorn - November 25, 2015 at 5:17 pm
RE: Where do you stand on the existence of God? - by Cyberman - November 25, 2015 at 11:19 am
RE: Where do you stand on the existence of God? - by Kingpin - November 25, 2015 at 12:28 pm
RE: Where do you stand on the existence of God? - by Kingpin - November 25, 2015 at 12:38 pm
RE: Where do you stand on the existence of God? - by IATIA - November 25, 2015 at 1:58 pm
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RE: Where do you stand on the existence of God? - by Longhorn - November 25, 2015 at 5:41 pm
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RE: Where do you stand on the existence of God? - by Longhorn - November 25, 2015 at 6:00 pm
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RE: Where do you stand on the existence of God? - by robvalue - November 26, 2015 at 6:34 am
RE: Where do you stand on the existence of God? - by robvalue - November 27, 2015 at 11:32 am
RE: Where do you stand on the existence of God? - by Spooky - November 27, 2015 at 1:01 pm
RE: Where do you stand on the existence of God? - by Ravenshire - November 28, 2015 at 11:18 pm
RE: Where do you stand on the existence of God? - by robvalue - November 28, 2015 at 11:08 pm
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RE: Where do you stand on the existence of God? - by Natachan - November 29, 2015 at 5:09 pm
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RE: Where do you stand on the existence of God? - by Cyberman - December 3, 2015 at 10:51 am
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RE: Where do you stand on the existence of God? - by Kingpin - December 3, 2015 at 5:07 pm
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RE: Where do you stand on the existence of God? - by Reflex - December 15, 2015 at 2:15 pm
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