RE: Atheism...where do you fit in?
August 21, 2014 at 3:42 pm
(This post was last modified: August 21, 2014 at 3:43 pm by Dystopia.)
IMO the following scale represents the best possible options:
1 - Gnostic theist - Someone who is either 100% certain or is at least considerably certain god exists. Someone who claims knowledge on god and thinks there definitely is a god. 'God exists!'. Ranging from 90% to 100% certainty on god existing
2 - Agnostic theist - Someone who doesn't claim knowledge on god but believes there is one. The belief may be higher or lower, from 51% to 89%. Some agnostic theists will be very convinced there has to be a god, others will be just slightly inclined
3 - 50/50, total agnostic - I think this position is impossible because society will force you to take a position, the god question and god belief is important to fit into certain groups and integrate into society, so you'll eventually take a stance, negative or positive. It could be possible for some people, very rarely, to be 100% agnostics, but I still have my doubts to it
4 - Agnostic atheist - I don't claim knowledge on god and I don't believe any gods exist. Ranging from 11% to 49% of probability for god existing
5 - Gnostic atheist - My case, check out number 1 and make the analogy. I defend one doesn't have to be 100% certain to claim knowledge, just considerably certain. From 0 ro 10% probability of god existing
Alternative positions:
6 - Religious atheist - An atheist who follows a non theist religion
7 - Spiritual atheist - An atheist who believes in the supernatural in spite of not believing in god.
PS - This is not a copy of Dawkins scale, merely an adaptation I think suits better the different positions.
1 - Gnostic theist - Someone who is either 100% certain or is at least considerably certain god exists. Someone who claims knowledge on god and thinks there definitely is a god. 'God exists!'. Ranging from 90% to 100% certainty on god existing
2 - Agnostic theist - Someone who doesn't claim knowledge on god but believes there is one. The belief may be higher or lower, from 51% to 89%. Some agnostic theists will be very convinced there has to be a god, others will be just slightly inclined
3 - 50/50, total agnostic - I think this position is impossible because society will force you to take a position, the god question and god belief is important to fit into certain groups and integrate into society, so you'll eventually take a stance, negative or positive. It could be possible for some people, very rarely, to be 100% agnostics, but I still have my doubts to it
4 - Agnostic atheist - I don't claim knowledge on god and I don't believe any gods exist. Ranging from 11% to 49% of probability for god existing
5 - Gnostic atheist - My case, check out number 1 and make the analogy. I defend one doesn't have to be 100% certain to claim knowledge, just considerably certain. From 0 ro 10% probability of god existing
Alternative positions:
6 - Religious atheist - An atheist who follows a non theist religion
7 - Spiritual atheist - An atheist who believes in the supernatural in spite of not believing in god.
PS - This is not a copy of Dawkins scale, merely an adaptation I think suits better the different positions.
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