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Atheism...where do you fit in?
August 18, 2014 at 8:05 pm
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Atheism...where do you fit in?
Just a note:
Atheist - No God/s, but something possibly supernatural about our world. - is for someone more atheist than agnostic.
Agnostic Atheist - The atheists are probably right, but we don't know everything under the sun. - is for someone more agnostic than atheist.
Agnostic Believer - I believe in God, but have doubts. - is for someone that is in a God/s based religion and has doubts.
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RE: Atheism...where do you fit in?
August 18, 2014 at 8:12 pm
Agnostic atheists are atheists. Its the most common form of atheism. You worded it as though agnostic atheists aren't atheists. I'm not sure if you know what agnosticism / gnosticism is.
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RE: Atheism...where do you fit in?
August 18, 2014 at 8:12 pm
Hrm... neither one of those definitions is even remotely correct... So I'll pass.
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RE: Atheism...where do you fit in?
August 18, 2014 at 8:16 pm
jughead, agnosticism and atheism are not mutually exclusive terms, you can be both as agnosticism is a statement about what you know whereas atheism is a statement of what you believe.
'The more I learn about people the more I like my dog'- Mark Twain
'You can have all the faith you want in spirits, and the afterlife, and heaven and hell, but when it comes to this world, don't be an idiot. Cause you can tell me you put your faith in God to put you through the day, but when it comes time to cross the road, I know you look both ways.' - Dr House
“Young earth creationism is essentially the position that all of modern science, 90% of living scientists and 98% of living biologists, all major university biology departments, every major science journal, the American Academy of Sciences, and every major science organization in the world, are all wrong regarding the origins and development of life….but one particular tribe of uneducated, bronze aged, goat herders got it exactly right.” - Chuck Easttom
"If my good friend Doctor Gasparri speaks badly of my mother, he can expect to get punched.....You cannot provoke. You cannot insult the faith of others. You cannot make fun of the faith of others. There is a limit." - Pope Francis on freedom of speech
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RE: Atheism...where do you fit in?
August 18, 2014 at 8:16 pm
(August 18, 2014 at 8:12 pm)Bad Wolf Wrote: Agnostic atheists are atheists. Its the most common form of atheism. You worded it as though agnostic atheists aren't atheists. I'm not sure if you know what agnosticism / gnosticism is.
Well, I tried to make the choices broad to fit many beliefs.
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RE: Atheism...where do you fit in?
August 18, 2014 at 8:17 pm
No label. No need.
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RE: Atheism...where do you fit in?
August 18, 2014 at 8:19 pm
(August 18, 2014 at 8:16 pm)Bad Wolf Wrote: jughead, agnosticism and atheism are not mutually exclusive terms, you can be both as agnosticism is a statement about what you know whereas atheism is a statement of what you believe.
None us know anything, so we are all agnostics. If that is the case, we can say we don't believe in God, but really we don't know, as we are agnostics.
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RE: Atheism...where do you fit in?
August 18, 2014 at 8:22 pm
(August 18, 2014 at 8:19 pm)jughead Wrote: None us know anything, so we are all agnostics. If that is the case, we can say we don't believe in God, but really we don't know, as we are agnostics.
Sorry, should have been clearer.
Agnosticism is a statement of what you claim to know and atheism is a statement of what you claim to believe.
But yes, essentially no-body knows anything about god other than what is in the bible.
'The more I learn about people the more I like my dog'- Mark Twain
'You can have all the faith you want in spirits, and the afterlife, and heaven and hell, but when it comes to this world, don't be an idiot. Cause you can tell me you put your faith in God to put you through the day, but when it comes time to cross the road, I know you look both ways.' - Dr House
“Young earth creationism is essentially the position that all of modern science, 90% of living scientists and 98% of living biologists, all major university biology departments, every major science journal, the American Academy of Sciences, and every major science organization in the world, are all wrong regarding the origins and development of life….but one particular tribe of uneducated, bronze aged, goat herders got it exactly right.” - Chuck Easttom
"If my good friend Doctor Gasparri speaks badly of my mother, he can expect to get punched.....You cannot provoke. You cannot insult the faith of others. You cannot make fun of the faith of others. There is a limit." - Pope Francis on freedom of speech
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RE: Atheism...where do you fit in?
August 18, 2014 at 8:48 pm
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(August 18, 2014 at 8:12 pm)SteelCurtain Wrote: Hrm... neither one of those definitions is even remotely correct... So I'll pass.
Just pick what is closest. Seldom are life's choices perfect. You can vote and qualify your vote here to explain your position better.
Overthinkers can get paralyzed and end up doing nothing. Someday you life may depend on a fast decision based on the best fit scenario.
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RE: Atheism...where do you fit in?
August 18, 2014 at 9:01 pm
It's gone too far this time. The Dream must be rectified.
Please give me a home where cloud buffalo roam
Where the dear and the strangers can play
Where sometimes is heard a discouraging word
But the skies are not stormy all day
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