(May 31, 2011 at 6:49 am)diffidus Wrote: When I say Agnostic, I mean someone who recognises that there is simply not sufficient knowledge to rule out, with 100% certainty, that God exists.
By that definition you make the label complety meaningless. Because with that definition every single person on the planet is agnostic.
Quote:For me, and Atheist view must be dependent upon a scientific view of the world i.e. that it is based upon a combination of empirical evidence combined with scientific understanding.
Why? I don't believe that gods exist. Why would I need a scientific view of the world to hold that disbelief?
Quote:On this basis, for me, the only logical position is one of the type of Agnosticism that I have defined. Atheism must rely, hugely, upon a good dose of faith!
You set up one hell of a strawman here by making up your definition of atheism, then debunking that definition, and then forming a conclusion from that.
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