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RE: I am new
September 3, 2009 at 9:52 pm
(September 3, 2009 at 8:54 pm)Anonymous Wrote: I want to know what an atheist is.
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An atheist by my understanding is a person who denies the existence of a supernatural deity.
The word atheism comes from the greek 'a' (without) 'theos' (gods), so we are literally people without gods. We don't believe they exist in any shape or form.

An agnostic is someone who holds that ultimate knowledge of the existence of gods is impossible (in other words, nobody can ever know if they exist or not). Atheism and agnosticism are not mutually exclusive, because they both deal with different things (atheism with belief, agnosticism with knowledge). Many atheists are agnostic (including myself), as well as some of the more honest theists Big Grin
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I am new - by Anonymous - September 3, 2009 at 8:28 pm
RE: I am new - by fr0d0 - September 3, 2009 at 8:30 pm
RE: I am new - by LukeMC - September 3, 2009 at 8:31 pm
RE: I am new - by Violet - September 3, 2009 at 8:43 pm
RE: I am new - by Edwardo Piet - September 3, 2009 at 8:43 pm
RE: I am new - by Anonymous - September 3, 2009 at 8:54 pm
RE: I am new - by Kyuuketsuki - September 4, 2009 at 7:25 am
RE: I am new - by fr0d0 - September 3, 2009 at 8:59 pm
RE: I am new - by dry land fish - September 3, 2009 at 9:01 pm
RE: I am new - by Edwardo Piet - September 3, 2009 at 9:07 pm
RE: I am new - by Anonymous - September 3, 2009 at 9:27 pm
RE: I am new - by Edwardo Piet - September 3, 2009 at 9:30 pm
RE: I am new - by Violet - September 3, 2009 at 9:37 pm
RE: I am new - by Edwardo Piet - September 3, 2009 at 9:58 pm
RE: I am new - by fr0d0 - September 3, 2009 at 9:39 pm
RE: I am new - by Anonymous - September 3, 2009 at 9:39 pm
RE: I am new - by Edwardo Piet - September 3, 2009 at 9:42 pm
RE: I am new - by fr0d0 - September 3, 2009 at 9:46 pm
RE: I am new - by Violet - September 3, 2009 at 10:00 pm
RE: I am new - by Edwardo Piet - September 3, 2009 at 10:07 pm
RE: I am new - by Violet - September 3, 2009 at 10:33 pm
RE: I am new - by Tiberius - September 3, 2009 at 9:52 pm
RE: I am new - by fr0d0 - September 3, 2009 at 10:01 pm
RE: I am new - by Anonymous - September 3, 2009 at 10:03 pm
RE: I am new - by Anonymous - September 3, 2009 at 10:24 pm
RE: I am new - by Edwardo Piet - September 3, 2009 at 10:26 pm
RE: I am new - by Edwardo Piet - September 3, 2009 at 10:39 pm
RE: I am new - by Violet - September 4, 2009 at 12:02 am
RE: I am new - by Retorth - September 3, 2009 at 11:48 pm
RE: I am new - by Edwardo Piet - September 3, 2009 at 11:50 pm
RE: I am new - by Edwardo Piet - September 4, 2009 at 12:10 am
RE: I am new - by Violet - September 4, 2009 at 10:36 am
RE: I am new - by Amphora - September 6, 2009 at 12:15 am

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