(November 13, 2016 at 4:15 am)robvalue Wrote: I go into more detail on my website here.
Yes, so you're a weak atheist, that's the definition. If you don't want to call that atheism, that is fine. But to us you're an agnostic weak atheist.
First paragraph:
Atheism is one of the most misunderstood positions. It is very simple, but many people insist on making it way more complicated. It is a response to the claim that one or more gods exist. If you accept this claim, you are a theist. If you reject the claim, you are an atheist. Being an atheist does not necessarily mean you are claiming that there are no gods. You may make claims, but this goes beyond what is simply atheism. On its own, atheism cannot be wrong because it makes no claims to be wrong about. Atheism/theism on their own only address the question of belief, and do not address knowledge. That is where gnosticism/agnositism come in.
As I've explained, I neither accept nor reject the idea of a God, as we cannot know whether He exists or not. Thus, I do not claim to be an atheist nor do I claim to be a theist. I claim to be an agnostic when it comes to knowledge, and an open-minded skeptic of both sides when it comes to beliefs. I knew I keep giving analogies, but here's one:
You're in prison, and a guy comes up to you at lunch and asks, "Hey, you a skinhead?" You disagree. "Oh, so you're a KKK?" You shake your head again. He says, "Well you've got to pick one. You're either a skinhead or a KKK." That wouldn't make any sense would it?
