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Can you persuade me from Agnostic to Atheist?
RE: Can you persuade me from Agnostic to Atheist?
(May 19, 2016 at 2:01 pm)AgnosticMan123 Wrote: Can anyone here persuade or convert me from being agnostic to being atheist? Smile

This thread is full of explanations about the category difference between agnostic and atheist. I am an atheist in that I don't believe in any god or gods, or demi gods whatsoever. I am agnostic in that I don't think it is possible to disprove all possibility of all gods. I am gnostic in that I recognize that there is such an overwhelming lack of evidence for god's that it's not a question worth serious consideration.

In the case of the Judeo-christian god, I am a very gnostic atheist. The bible begins with a throughly debunked creation myth and goes on to describe a flood which obviously didn't happen. It follows that up with an account of history similarly at odds with the facts, the flight from Egypt in particular is not possible. This followed by two contradictory stories of the conquering the land of Canan. The NT provides tales of several Jesus's: one who claims to be god and one who doesn't; one who performs miracles make people believe and one who performs them only for belivers. But the Jesus's all claimed that the second coming would be within his generation and it did not come thus complicating theology for ever after. The trinity does not appear until very late; the gospel of John and Paul's letters. So that particular god is nonexistent.

I am gnostic as to a number of other gods, but I suspect the Judeo-christian god is the only one you have ever considered.
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.
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Can you persuade me from Agnostic to Atheist? - by KUSA - May 20, 2016 at 10:38 am
Can you persuade me from Agnostic to Atheist? - by KUSA - May 20, 2016 at 10:42 am
RE: Can you persuade me from Agnostic to Atheist? - by Jenny A - May 21, 2016 at 12:13 pm

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