(May 19, 2016 at 4:01 pm)AgnosticMan123 Wrote:(May 19, 2016 at 2:55 pm)FatAndFaithless Wrote: The bolded sentence is the definition of an atheist.Maybe it comes down to your source.
But hey, nobody can force you to call yourself anything; you can use whatever label you feel comfortable with. It's just that when you're talking about the concepts and ideas behind the words it's important to be clear. From the words that you've used, I would call you an agnostic atheist (like most people here). That means you don't accept the claim "A god exists" but you also DONT make the claim "A god does not exist."
My source says they (atheist and agnostic) are two different things.
I want to be convinced totally that there is not a God.
Being red and being wet are two different things but a red diving target at the bottom of a pool is wet. Things being different does not make them mutually exclusive.
If you want to be convinced there is no christer gawd, simply look at the logical inconsistencies (ex. perfectly just and perfectly merciful). If you wish to be absolutely convinced that there is no possibility of any god that can possibly be dreamed up... Good luck. You can no more disprove an ethereal god that hides behind the curtain than you can disprove fairies, elves and unicorns.
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