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Hello hello!
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RE: Hello hello!
Welcome to the forums.

What do you mean by the way, that you were agnostic but "switched to atheism"?

How are you defining agnosticism?

Agnosticism on the matter of God would mean you claim to have no knowledge of God, whether that's knowledge that he exists or that he doesn't exist. So do you mean that you think atheism means claiming that you absolutely know God doesn't exist? Are you misinterpreting agnosticism as weak-atheism or just "uncertainty" or "fence-sitting" on the God matter?

Are you a strong or weak atheist now then?

I myself am what is said to be a "weak" atheist in the sense I don't claim absolute knowledge that God doesn't exist. Because I think I'd ironically need the mind of God myself to have absolute knowledge of anything. I am extremely certain that God doesn't exist but not absolutely certain.

Atheism is of course disbelief in God(s) regardless of whether that's 100% certain disbelief or not. So long as the disbelief is above 50% certainty, it's atheism. (Because if you're less than 50% sure then you in fact are more inclined to theism that atheism and hence are a theist (or deist if you believe in an impersonal God) however weak)).

Anyway, like I said, welcome to the forums.
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Messages In This Thread
Hello hello! - by DgyJff - August 16, 2010 at 9:28 pm
RE: Hello hello! - by TheDarkestOfAngels - August 16, 2010 at 9:48 pm
RE: Hello hello! - by Nitsuj - August 16, 2010 at 9:59 pm
RE: Hello hello! - by Edwardo Piet - August 17, 2010 at 5:51 am
RE: Hello hello! - by DgyJff - August 17, 2010 at 8:17 pm
RE: Hello hello! - by Cego_Colher - August 17, 2010 at 11:00 am
RE: Hello hello! - by Minimalist - August 17, 2010 at 8:24 pm
RE: Hello hello! - by hlkolaya - August 26, 2010 at 6:19 pm
RE: Hello hello! - by RachelSkates - August 30, 2010 at 2:47 pm



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