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Poll: Is 'Strong' Gnostic Atheism in fact weaker than De-Facto atheism which is entirely based on evidence?
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Yes. Strong evidence is more unshakeable than an atheist who doesn't know as much of the evidence and believes he 'knows' there is no God
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No....100% belief against God is more likely to last longer than atheism which is entirely based on evidence....
40.00%
2 40.00%
Total 5 vote(s) 100%
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Is 'Strong' atheism weak?
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RE: Is 'Strong' atheism weak?
I am a strong atheist.

Not to the point where I am 100% of there being no god but to the point of 99%.

I have to leave that little 1% out to allow some room for religion to be right.

99% sure that there is no god, If I add one more percent, I'd be claiming! Since I would then be saying that I know there is no god. If I leave that little gap, I'll be just on the very edge of claiming.

So I see in my view that the existance of god is extremely improbable. I do not claim that he is impossible.

So I am a strong atheist but only one percent from claiming that there is no god.

If I was asked of just how sure I was I'd say 99.99% sure that there is no god. So yer, I'm a strong atheist.

If I was 100% sure, I'd be claming that there is no god and that would mean for me to prove it and you can't dis-prove a negative.
So I'm at 99%, where I'm leaving that little gap that seperates claiming and strong dis-belief.

I am a strong 99% sure atheist.Big Grin
Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence - Carl Sagan

Mankind's intelligence walks hand in hand with it's stupidity.

Being an atheist says nothing about your overall intelligence, it just means you don't believe in god. Atheists can be as bright as any scientist and as stupid as any creationist.

You never really know just how stupid someone is, until you've argued with them.
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Messages In This Thread
Is 'Strong' atheism weak? - by Edwardo Piet - October 6, 2008 at 10:39 am
RE: Is 'Strong' atheism weak? - by Ace Otana - October 6, 2008 at 12:19 pm
RE: Is 'Strong' atheism weak? - by Edwardo Piet - October 6, 2008 at 12:29 pm
RE: Is 'Strong' atheism weak? - by Ace Otana - October 6, 2008 at 12:40 pm
RE: Is 'Strong' atheism weak? - by Edwardo Piet - October 6, 2008 at 12:52 pm
RE: Is 'Strong' atheism weak? - by Ace Otana - October 6, 2008 at 2:14 pm
RE: Is 'Strong' atheism weak? - by Edwardo Piet - October 6, 2008 at 3:06 pm
RE: Is 'Strong' atheism weak? - by Ace Otana - October 6, 2008 at 4:37 pm
RE: Is 'Strong' atheism weak? - by Edwardo Piet - October 6, 2008 at 5:11 pm

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