Agnostic and atheist are not mutally exclusive. There is a whole spectrum of agnosticism. For example, On Dawkins' spectrum of Temporary Agnosticism in Practice (TAP) I am a 6 - a De Facto atheist. I am about as agnostic about God as I am about the FSM.
I am a 6 but I am close to 7. But not 7.
7 is believing you 100% KNOW there is NO God. Just as one is believing that you 100% KNOW there IS a God.
There is a huge scale of agnosticism. Agnosticism does not mean straight in the middle. Many people have thought that. It doesn't mean that.
And TAP is not to be confused with PAP (Permanent Agnosticism in Principle). Which is not believing that God is a 50/50 thing. It is actually believing you can not even make probability judgements on the matter of God. And that it will stay that way forever. We will never have any idea whether God exists or not or how probable it is - that's what PAP Is.
For TAP - as I have said - there is a whole scale of probability of God. And I am a 6.
You can be agnostic and an atheist. And agnostic and a believer. They are not mutually exclusive - in the TAP Case at least. Right?
evf
I am a 6 but I am close to 7. But not 7.
7 is believing you 100% KNOW there is NO God. Just as one is believing that you 100% KNOW there IS a God.
There is a huge scale of agnosticism. Agnosticism does not mean straight in the middle. Many people have thought that. It doesn't mean that.
And TAP is not to be confused with PAP (Permanent Agnosticism in Principle). Which is not believing that God is a 50/50 thing. It is actually believing you can not even make probability judgements on the matter of God. And that it will stay that way forever. We will never have any idea whether God exists or not or how probable it is - that's what PAP Is.
For TAP - as I have said - there is a whole scale of probability of God. And I am a 6.
You can be agnostic and an atheist. And agnostic and a believer. They are not mutually exclusive - in the TAP Case at least. Right?
evf
