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Atheists & Agnostics

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Joe Nation

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Wed Dec 4, 2024, 01:06 PM Dec 4

I have never felt akin to Atheists nor believers [View all]

Maybe you feel the same way, maybe not. I feel that neither group can really ever know that a God exists or doesn't exist but both groups seem absolutely certain that their ideology is the correct one. How could either really know?

I have always felt that the personification of some supernatural diety is nothing more than a self-serving view propagated by religious systems seeking power over their "flocks" for the sole purpose of building their own empires of dominance. Conversely, the non-believers gather around the idea of A-theism in what can only be described as an opposition to all the belief systems they reject.

I simply do not what to believe in fairytales or define my beliefs as the opposite of those fairytales. I don't find either side an ideology that I can get behind.

My question would have to be; What would a world that never had a concept of a diety or a concept of an opposition to the idea of a diety look like?

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