Religion
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(7,911 posts)dchill
(38,546 posts)IM2.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,869 posts)marylandblue
(12,344 posts)Since you agree with me, you must be right.
Progressive2020
(713 posts)It doesn't matter much whether you are wrong or right. What is important is your Freedom to Believe and Think what you want. Freedom of Thought, Freedom of Speech, Freedom of Religion. Real American Values.
Mariana
(14,861 posts)edhopper
(33,624 posts)there could be a deity first?
trotsky
(49,533 posts)Agnostic is an adjective.
Docreed2003
(16,878 posts)trotsky
(49,533 posts)The dictionary describes usage.
But it's also an adjective. An agnostic WHAT? Do you have an answer?
Docreed2003
(16,878 posts)Act_of_Reparation
(9,116 posts)OAITW r.2.0
(24,639 posts)has constructed to make living in this world more palatable.
Mariana
(14,861 posts)Act_of_Reparation
(9,116 posts)Do you, personally, believe God exists?
OAITW r.2.0
(24,639 posts)I guess that is why I am Agnostic.
Mariana
(14,861 posts)You were asked about what you believe. Do you, personally, believe a god exists? It's a simple question.
Act_of_Reparation
(9,116 posts)Do you, personally, believe a God or gods exist?
OAITW r.2.0
(24,639 posts)I don't believe in anything where there is no evidence. Sorry, a book written 2000 years ago without any cites doesn't create a foundation to have a belief. I'd like to believe but there is no basis in reality to affirm such an idea.
Mariana
(14,861 posts)They aren't mutually exclusive. One word deals with belief and the other with knowledge, and of course those are different things. Atheism doesn't require that you must be certain. If you don't believe any gods exist, you're an atheist.
Act_of_Reparation
(9,116 posts)What I don't understand is why you're so afraid to call yourself an atheist. Because, definitionally, that's what you are.
Cuthbert Allgood
(4,965 posts)agnosticism and atheism are labels about two different things.
trotsky
(49,533 posts)That's all it means to be an atheist. You don't accept the evidence provided.
edhopper
(33,624 posts)Last edited Mon Apr 2, 2018, 09:11 AM - Edit history (1)
you are an atheist.
You can be agnostic as well, they are not exclusive.
Thyla
(791 posts)Well Dude, we just don't know.
OAITW r.2.0
(24,639 posts)Major Nikon
(36,827 posts)guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)The red phone is for another place.
Major Nikon
(36,827 posts)guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)You have a belief. You made a choice. You took a position. Welcome to it.
elleng
(131,142 posts)guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)samnsara
(17,640 posts)..Reagan JR did commercials for The Freedom From Religion Foundation. I have always liked him. I subscribed to the FFRF newsletter and even called their attention to some local situations. Really nice folks.
I finally came to the conclusion that I am atheist..not even agnostic. Its was like when I decided to quit being and 'I' and choose a damned party.
democratisphere
(17,235 posts)OriginalGeek
(12,132 posts)Some of us also don't believe in any gods.
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