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Agnostic Skepticism- My Views
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RE: Agnostic Skepticism- My Views
(November 13, 2016 at 5:39 am)robvalue Wrote: It's fine. You don't have to use any definitions. It's just a matter of being clear what you mean. Discussion is pointless if terms aren't agreed.

I'm happy to use whatever definitions you want for any given discussion. But what isn't acceptable to me is to then try and use my definitions to make a point after we've agreed to use yours; or vice versa. That's called an equivocation fallacy.

No one expects you to call yourself an atheist while you are here. But if you insist you are "different" to us, we're going to take issue, when you describe exactly the same position. I call that "elite agnosticism". We've had a few here like that.

I understand, yes. To be fair, I was never insistent on being different. It was a pointless discussion about different interpretations of terminology, however, and for that, I apologize.
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Agnostic Skepticism- My Views - by RiddledWithFear - November 13, 2016 at 4:04 am
RE: Agnostic Skepticism- My Views - by robvalue - November 13, 2016 at 4:07 am
RE: Agnostic Skepticism- My Views - by RiddledWithFear - November 13, 2016 at 4:13 am
RE: Agnostic Skepticism- My Views - by robvalue - November 13, 2016 at 4:15 am
RE: Agnostic Skepticism- My Views - by RiddledWithFear - November 13, 2016 at 4:33 am
RE: Agnostic Skepticism- My Views - by robvalue - November 13, 2016 at 4:19 am
RE: Agnostic Skepticism- My Views - by RiddledWithFear - November 13, 2016 at 4:42 am
RE: Agnostic Skepticism- My Views - by robvalue - November 13, 2016 at 4:47 am
RE: Agnostic Skepticism- My Views - by RiddledWithFear - November 13, 2016 at 4:53 am
RE: Agnostic Skepticism- My Views - by robvalue - November 13, 2016 at 4:59 am
RE: Agnostic Skepticism- My Views - by RiddledWithFear - November 13, 2016 at 5:05 am
RE: Agnostic Skepticism- My Views - by The Grand Nudger - November 13, 2016 at 4:54 am
RE: Agnostic Skepticism- My Views - by RiddledWithFear - November 13, 2016 at 5:01 am
RE: Agnostic Skepticism- My Views - by robvalue - November 13, 2016 at 4:55 am
RE: Agnostic Skepticism- My Views - by robvalue - November 13, 2016 at 5:01 am
RE: Agnostic Skepticism- My Views - by robvalue - November 13, 2016 at 5:02 am
RE: Agnostic Skepticism- My Views - by RiddledWithFear - November 13, 2016 at 5:07 am
RE: Agnostic Skepticism- My Views - by The Grand Nudger - November 13, 2016 at 5:10 am
RE: Agnostic Skepticism- My Views - by RiddledWithFear - November 13, 2016 at 5:20 am
RE: Agnostic Skepticism- My Views - by robvalue - November 13, 2016 at 5:11 am
RE: Agnostic Skepticism- My Views - by robvalue - November 13, 2016 at 5:15 am
RE: Agnostic Skepticism- My Views - by RiddledWithFear - November 13, 2016 at 5:27 am
RE: Agnostic Skepticism- My Views - by Expired - November 13, 2016 at 5:17 am
RE: Agnostic Skepticism- My Views - by robvalue - November 13, 2016 at 5:21 am
RE: Agnostic Skepticism- My Views - by RiddledWithFear - November 13, 2016 at 5:25 am
RE: Agnostic Skepticism- My Views - by robvalue - November 13, 2016 at 5:28 am
RE: Agnostic Skepticism- My Views - by Edwardo Piet - November 13, 2016 at 5:25 am
RE: Agnostic Skepticism- My Views - by RiddledWithFear - November 13, 2016 at 5:29 am
RE: Agnostic Skepticism- My Views - by Edwardo Piet - November 13, 2016 at 5:43 am
RE: Agnostic Skepticism- My Views - by RiddledWithFear - November 13, 2016 at 5:45 am
RE: Agnostic Skepticism- My Views - by robvalue - November 13, 2016 at 5:47 am
RE: Agnostic Skepticism- My Views - by RiddledWithFear - November 13, 2016 at 5:51 am
RE: Agnostic Skepticism- My Views - by robvalue - November 13, 2016 at 5:31 am
RE: Agnostic Skepticism- My Views - by The Grand Nudger - November 13, 2016 at 5:31 am
RE: Agnostic Skepticism- My Views - by robvalue - November 13, 2016 at 5:33 am
RE: Agnostic Skepticism- My Views - by RiddledWithFear - November 13, 2016 at 5:35 am
RE: Agnostic Skepticism- My Views - by robvalue - November 13, 2016 at 5:39 am
RE: Agnostic Skepticism- My Views - by RiddledWithFear - November 13, 2016 at 5:43 am
RE: Agnostic Skepticism- My Views - by Edwardo Piet - November 13, 2016 at 5:45 am
RE: Agnostic Skepticism- My Views - by RiddledWithFear - November 13, 2016 at 5:46 am
RE: Agnostic Skepticism- My Views - by Jesster - November 13, 2016 at 5:45 am
RE: Agnostic Skepticism- My Views - by robvalue - November 13, 2016 at 5:45 am
RE: Agnostic Skepticism- My Views - by Jesster - November 13, 2016 at 5:47 am
RE: Agnostic Skepticism- My Views - by robvalue - November 13, 2016 at 5:49 am
RE: Agnostic Skepticism- My Views - by robvalue - November 13, 2016 at 5:52 am
RE: Agnostic Skepticism- My Views - by brewer - November 13, 2016 at 8:31 am
RE: Agnostic Skepticism- My Views - by RiddledWithFear - November 13, 2016 at 2:49 pm
RE: Agnostic Skepticism- My Views - by brewer - November 13, 2016 at 2:54 pm
RE: Agnostic Skepticism- My Views - by bennyboy - November 13, 2016 at 9:17 pm
RE: Agnostic Skepticism- My Views - by RiddledWithFear - November 13, 2016 at 9:24 pm
RE: Agnostic Skepticism- My Views - by robvalue - November 14, 2016 at 2:43 am
RE: Agnostic Skepticism- My Views - by Whateverist - November 14, 2016 at 2:16 pm
RE: Agnostic Skepticism- My Views - by Edwardo Piet - November 14, 2016 at 2:37 pm
RE: Agnostic Skepticism- My Views - by Whateverist - November 14, 2016 at 3:21 pm
RE: Agnostic Skepticism- My Views - by Cyberman - November 14, 2016 at 4:14 pm
RE: Agnostic Skepticism- My Views - by robvalue - November 14, 2016 at 4:46 pm
RE: Agnostic Skepticism- My Views - by robvalue - November 14, 2016 at 3:06 pm
RE: Agnostic Skepticism- My Views - by Whateverist - November 14, 2016 at 3:23 pm
RE: Agnostic Skepticism- My Views - by RiddledWithFear - November 14, 2016 at 5:29 pm
RE: Agnostic Skepticism- My Views - by bennyboy - November 14, 2016 at 8:05 pm
RE: Agnostic Skepticism- My Views - by RiddledWithFear - November 14, 2016 at 8:16 pm
RE: Agnostic Skepticism- My Views - by Edwardo Piet - November 14, 2016 at 8:43 am
RE: Agnostic Skepticism- My Views - by robvalue - November 14, 2016 at 10:05 am
RE: Agnostic Skepticism- My Views - by The Grand Nudger - November 14, 2016 at 11:22 am
RE: Agnostic Skepticism- My Views - by robvalue - November 14, 2016 at 2:12 pm
RE: Agnostic Skepticism- My Views - by Edwardo Piet - November 14, 2016 at 2:33 pm
RE: Agnostic Skepticism- My Views - by Edwardo Piet - November 14, 2016 at 2:39 pm
RE: Agnostic Skepticism- My Views - by Edwardo Piet - November 14, 2016 at 3:59 pm
RE: Agnostic Skepticism- My Views - by Edwardo Piet - November 14, 2016 at 4:18 pm
RE: Agnostic Skepticism- My Views - by Whateverist - November 15, 2016 at 8:22 am
RE: Agnostic Skepticism- My Views - by Asmodee - November 14, 2016 at 5:48 pm
RE: Agnostic Skepticism- My Views - by robvalue - November 15, 2016 at 4:50 am
RE: Agnostic Skepticism- My Views - by robvalue - November 15, 2016 at 5:41 am
RE: Agnostic Skepticism- My Views - by Edwardo Piet - November 15, 2016 at 9:27 am
RE: Agnostic Skepticism- My Views - by Asmodee - November 15, 2016 at 11:16 am
RE: Agnostic Skepticism- My Views - by The Grand Nudger - November 17, 2016 at 5:05 am
RE: Agnostic Skepticism- My Views - by bennyboy - November 17, 2016 at 6:25 pm

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