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In reply to the discussion: A or not A in regards to theism [View all]AZ8theist
(6,527 posts)42. You asked the wrong question.
You asked "Is there a god?"
That is a question of knowledge. In this, EVERYONE is agnostic because no one can answer this question with certainty.
If you had asked "Do you BELIEVE in a god?"
Then there are only 2 answers: Yes, then you are a theist. NO, then you are an atheist.
That question is A and NOT A.
I for one am a gnostic or "hard" atheist. I don't believe in a god nor do I think a god is even possible. However, I cannot be 100% sure nor can any one else.
However, the question of belief is the A, n/A result. The only "I'm not sure" position refers to the knowledge of whether a god exists, not the belief.
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I absolutely don't believe there is a "god". I don't care if others do or don't believe.
erronis
Apr 2024
#3
When I became an atheist at 14 years old, I was very gung-oh about it and considered myselt to be a Militant Atheist.
spike jones
Apr 2024
#8
That position describes the basis of philosophical skepticism since descartes.
Voltaire2
Apr 2024
#20
I am a non practicing Christian because I don't want to be associated with the evangelical type of Christianity
kimbutgar
Apr 2024
#26
The Christian religion is based on what many people came to believe two thousand years ago.
Midnight Writer
Apr 2024
#27
i think i am a brownist. raised liberal lutheran. i read about them in a 1871 encyclopedia brittanica.
pansypoo53219
Apr 2024
#35
It's like a light switch, which is either "on" or "off." There is no inbetween.
Red Raider 85
Aug 2024
#44