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Should Atheism proper include scepticism?
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RE: Should Atheism proper include scepticism?
You asked how we can be skeptical about the existence of god. Being skeptical involves suspending judgement because the evidence isn't enough to make a conclusion and consider something "proof" or "knowledge".

We suspend judgement on the existence of God precisely because such beings cannot be disproved. If it were shown that gods could be disproved, I would gladly change my mind. However, so far, nobody has been able to show that.

As for what you are disproving, here is a general definition I use:

"An intelligent force / being that created the universe, and may have a certain degree of control over it."

This definition covers most of your general gods, as well as that of the deist. Go ahead and disprove that.
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Should Atheism proper include scepticism? - by TruthWorthy - December 28, 2009 at 9:33 pm
RE: Should Atheism proper include scepticism? - by leo-rcc - December 29, 2009 at 5:04 am
RE: Should Atheism proper include scepticism? - by leo-rcc - December 29, 2009 at 5:18 am
RE: Should Atheism proper include scepticism? - by leo-rcc - December 29, 2009 at 5:49 am
RE: Should Atheism proper include scepticism? - by Tiberius - December 29, 2009 at 6:01 am
RE: Should Atheism proper include scepticism? - by leo-rcc - December 29, 2009 at 7:20 am
RE: Should Atheism proper include scepticism? - by leo-rcc - December 29, 2009 at 6:56 pm
RE: Should Atheism proper include scepticism? - by Tiberius - December 29, 2009 at 7:24 am
RE: Should Atheism proper include scepticism? - by padraic - December 29, 2009 at 7:12 pm
RE: Should Atheism proper include scepticism? - by Tiberius - December 29, 2009 at 11:09 pm
RE: Should Atheism proper include scepticism? - by TruthWorthy - December 29, 2009 at 11:55 pm
RE: Should Atheism proper include scepticism? - by Tiberius - December 30, 2009 at 12:08 am
RE: Should Atheism proper include scepticism? - by TruthWorthy - December 30, 2009 at 12:17 am
RE: Should Atheism proper include scepticism? - by Tiberius - December 30, 2009 at 12:27 am
RE: Should Atheism proper include scepticism? - by theVOID - December 30, 2009 at 1:31 am
RE: Should Atheism proper include scepticism? - by theVOID - December 30, 2009 at 4:27 am
RE: Should Atheism proper include scepticism? - by theVOID - December 30, 2009 at 6:16 am
RE: Should Atheism proper include scepticism? - by Violet - December 30, 2009 at 5:39 am
RE: Should Atheism proper include scepticism? - by Violet - December 30, 2009 at 6:13 am
RE: Should Atheism proper include scepticism? - by Tiberius - December 30, 2009 at 10:18 am

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