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RE: Who positivity asserts. "there is no god!"
July 3, 2012 at 1:14 pm
I assert that there is no evidence for the existence of any of the gods ever invented by human imagination.
I will hold that position until someone presents some.
So far that hasn't happened.
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RE: Who positivity asserts. "there is no god!"
July 3, 2012 at 9:55 pm
My views on the afterlife, god and other supernatural things is not a vehement nor confident claim of its non-existence. I simply state that there is not enough evidence to state that those things existence, and until there is evidence (empirical obviously) to show the existence of such, I live my life as if they do not exist. I'm very much an even and clear cut 6 on the Dawkins scale.
Though to be fair, proving the existence of one of those things does not prove the existence of all those things. Nor does proving they exist make any religion right as only existence would have been proved, not what the nature, desires and motivations of such things. Essentially if someone came along and proved to me that god exists, it would merely change my view on its existence, not my behavior nor of my love of logic and science.
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RE: Who positivity asserts. "there is no god!"
July 3, 2012 at 11:46 pm
I don't quite understand the choices for the poll but I am 100% agnostic since I know I don't know shit about any gods and 100% atheist since I have no belief in them whatsoever, including the belief that they do not existence. My agnosticism has nothing to do with any slight chance that gods exist. My agnosticism is simply the recognition that I'm in no position to offer any evidence for the non-existence of something for which no credible evidence has ever been offered. My beliefs are 100% void of anything remotely godlike. Certainly no such belief has earned its way onto my team based on the evidence, and I have no 'hunch' based on any subjective consideration which leads to me to save room for it.
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RE: Who positivity asserts. "there is no god!"
July 4, 2012 at 1:55 am
An agnostic atheist, I assert only I do not believe due the lack of credible evidence.I make no claims.
However,when some dropkick begins preaching/proselytising at me,I tell them that I am not interested in their personal superstitions and that they should go way/leave me alone/fuck off ,depending on my mood..
Oh, I DID once do this a party: A vapid pair of a man and woman I did not know approached me and asked "Have you heard the news?" My response "No I have not, but if you start to tell me about Jesus, I am going to punch you in the face" Vapid dropkick and wifey beat a hasty retreat. To be fair,I may have been a little drunk.
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RE: Who positivity asserts. "there is no god!"
July 4, 2012 at 2:25 am
I never Say that A/group of god/s do not exist, But I know the God of the Bible/Torah/Quran does not exist.
"Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful" - Edward Gibbon (Offen misattributed to Lucius Annaeus Seneca or Seneca the Younger) (Thanks to apophenia for the correction)
'I am driven by two main philosophies:
Know more about the world than I knew yesterday and lessen the suffering of others. You'd be surprised how far that gets you' - Neil deGrasse Tyson
"Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it." - Mark Twain
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RE: Who positivity asserts. "there is no god!"
July 4, 2012 at 5:44 am
I contend that you cannot get an objective definition of god, i.e. there are as many definitions of god(s) as are believers.
On Topic: Yeah, agnostic atheist here.