RE: Atheist or Agnostic?
April 3, 2015 at 9:45 pm
(This post was last modified: April 3, 2015 at 9:47 pm by datc.)
(April 3, 2015 at 9:25 pm)Nestor Wrote: You could ask, "Is the proposition 'Seven headed dragons do not exist' also 'bullshit bereft of evidence'"?
There's no evidence that seven headed dragons have ever lived, and there's no evidence that excludes the possibility that seven headed dragons have ever lived. The default position is simply, "I have no reason to believe that seven headed dragons have ever lived."
You have to give a yes or no answer to this rather simple question.
(April 3, 2015 at 9:31 pm)Bad Wolf Wrote: Now, because I don't believe the amount of sweets in the jar is odd, does that mean that I believe the amount of sweets in the jar is even?
No, of course not.
And this is the atheist position.
In other words, you do not know either that the amount is odd (God exists) or that the amount is even (God does not exist).
And this is the agnostic position.