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Posted: Mon Dec 28, 2009 6:47 am
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Posted: Mon Dec 28, 2009 11:10 am
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Posted: Tue Dec 29, 2009 12:37 am
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Posted: Tue Dec 29, 2009 12:54 am
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Posted: Sun Jan 03, 2010 12:11 am
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Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2010 11:45 pm
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I think it depends on the people... Also, it's just a huge semantics war which ultimately leads nowhere. We accuse agnostics of being pussies and they accuse us of being ignorant sheep, but on the other end of the spectrum. Ok, maybe a little exaggerated...
From what I've learned, I think that "agnosticism" is not really an alternative to "atheist" or "theist". You can be an agnostic atheist (someone who doesn't believe in god because of the lack of evidence but does not completely dismiss the possibility). An agnostic theist, however, is someone who believes in some sort of deity (for whatever reason), but accepts the possibility that there may be no gods whatsoever.
Agnostics sometimes criticize atheists of being "illogical" since we often say that there is no evidence for gods, BUT we accept that gods may exist IF there were a better amount of evidence. They find this illogical because "absence of evidence is not evidence of absence". Basically, they think that just because there is no good evidence for God, that does not mean that this entity does not exist. Therefore, they take a neutral stance. Atheists commonly respond, though, with something along the lines of: The fact that there is no good evidence is enough to dismiss the idea. If there is more evidence then we will change our minds. Although we may not be 100% sure that there are no gods, there is no good evidence to back up the claim so we simply dismiss it. This is not illogical because if we were to follow the agnostic line of thinking in our every day life then we should greatly reconsider a lot of things, such as the existence of unicorns, ghosts, zombies, invisible undetectable dragons, etc.
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Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2010 11:51 pm
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Divinity, I am what one can call an Agnostic Atheist. To be simply Agnostic is impossible by definition, one would either be theistic, or atheistic. If not theistic, atheistic, is the simple way to understand it. Personally, I just find anyone can believe what they want. I think one can't know if there is a god or not, other atheists can believe there definitely isn't a god, theists can think there definitely is a god. Just let everyone believe what they want, and if you want to argue with others about your beliefs, then go ahead. Though that is just how I see it.
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Posted: Wed Jan 06, 2010 5:12 am
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Posted: Wed Jan 06, 2010 5:21 am
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