(December 18, 2011 at 4:10 pm)Darwinning Wrote:(December 18, 2011 at 4:03 pm)amkerman Wrote: Darwinning: you are agnostic then. If you are not sure whether anything is objectively true, if you believe that there is a possibility that everything you think is wrong, but have no evidence to support or disprove that claim, that is not atheism. Atheism is a held belief, a conviction. It is a statement. If, deep down, you actually BELIEVE that there is no objective reality beyond your own perception and consciousness then you are an atheist. Atheism, while conceptually rational, is wholly illogical within the sphere of history, scientific observation, and the human experience.
Nope.
I believe the odds that a God does exist are so incredibly small that they are virtually negligible. I must concede my agnosticism, but I am a de-facto atheist. These are shades of grey, nothing is as black or white as you present it to be.
Even if I were truly and only agnostic, I would have no idea what God not to consider a possibility; there are so many to choose from.
I believe the term used on this forum is "Agnostic Atheist".
Bully for you, Darwinning, for not letting him draw you over to the dark side. I think the only completely defensible position is a declaration of a 0% lack of belief in gods along with an admission of 0 knowledge for or against stuff we've never experienced.
