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Still, 66.6 % profess some faith.
Maybe more, because "other" doesn't necessarily equal agnostic.
Still, 66.6 % profess some faith.
Which is dramatically below the 85% who claim Christianity in the U.S. alone.
Maybe more, because "other" doesn't necessarily equal agnostic.
Atheist means you believe there is no God .... Agnostic means you don't know.
One couldn't be both an Agnostic and an Atheist, as an Atheist would deny even the possibility.
It makes as much sense to claim Agnostic Atheism as it does Agnostic Theism. These terms are exclusive of each other, or why the distinctions at all?
Contingent upon empirical definitions that render such distinctions meaningless, the substance of faith being something intangible.Agnosticism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Agnostic theism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Agnostic atheism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
No. Both terms make perfect sense. Agnostic means "without knowledge". If one has faith in God, but doesn't pretend to have verifiable proof, then one is without knowledge. An agnostic maintains that the truth or falseness of god can't be known. That's what "faith" is. Taking it without being able to "know" it's true.
An Agnostic Theist is someone who believes in a god, but doesn't claim to have knowlege of that god.
An Agnostic Atheist is someone who believes there is no god, but doesn't claim to have knowledge of that.
It's fair to say that when we use the word "agnostic", it's short for "agnostic atheist".
Contingent upon empirical definitions that render such distinctions meaningless, the substance of faith being something intangible.
No one claims to know something they don't know. To the faithful, faith is knowledge. Only, not in any empirical sense, which frustrates Atheists who claim that nonesuch is possible without an empirical yardstick.But some people aren't working in terms of faith. They think they have knowledge. They think that, because the feel it so strongly and believe it with such determination, that those feeling and beliefs are equal to knowledge. Those people are annoying. They're convinced they know things that they cannot know.
That's a different thing than someone working on faith, without the militant belief that they've personally solved the oldest question in the universe. Theism is with god. Atheism is without god. Gnostic is with knowledge. Agnostic is without knowledge. Those mix up pretty well.
If you believe in the Christian "god" then you're an atheist towards the Greek deities, the tribal deities, etc. That makes one an atheist.
After evidence is presented, you don't "believe;" you accept the evidence or you don't.
Agnostic means you claim no knowledge, atheist means you claim no belief. It is quite possible to be an agnostic atheist.
Atheist means "no God" meaning you claim there is NO GOD.
Still, 66.6 % profess some faith.
OMG! This ridiculous semantics "Oh yes it is!" "Oh no it isn't!" debate is still going on? I know it's a slow news week, but surely there are better things to debate than that.
And here you are commenting on it. I know it's a slow news week, but surely there are better things to do than comment on repetitive arguments.
I can't speak for Risky, but I think it's fair to say that if you're trying to recruit Buddhists into an us vs. them, faithful vs. faithless dualistic set-to, you probably need to count us out.
No it doesn't, because you still believe in the Christian God, so you're a theist, an Atheist means ... NO GOD, not no specific god, no god period.
THe agnostic doesn't believe the evidence is there either way, that's why he with holds judgement.
Not sure that's what I'm doing. Merely noting the number who profess a faith.
You're an atheist towards all gods but that one "god." It's really not a hard concept to grasp.
Jesus christ, ok look, if I'm asexual, that means I'm not into sex period, If I'm attracted to women it doesn't mean that well I'm striaght but I'm asexual to men, I'm NOT asexual ....
If I'm an anarchist, it means I'm against all governments, it doesn't mean I'm an archist when it comes to republicanism but an anarchist when it fascism, it means I believe in NO GOVERNMENT.
If I'm apolitical, it means I'm NOT political, not I'm political when it comes to some countries and not to others.
If you're an Atheist, it means A-THEOS ... NO GOD(S), none, 0 zilch. Look it up. It means you believe there ARE NO GODS.
If you're Agnostic, it means you are without knowledge, when it comes to Gods ... you DON'T KNOW, you don't disbelieve .... you don't believe.
If you're a Theist, you believe there IS at least 1 God.
But to what end? What's the point of noting a point of difference so arbitrary? Couldn't you point out that participating in this poll shows us that we all share an interest in theological matters? Which we must, to have bothered to participate, right?
It's also pointless trying to include Buddhists in any 'coalition of the faithful against the atheistic hordes'* given that it's perfectly possible to be a deist, theist or an atheist and still be a Buddhist.
*I'm not saying that's what you were doing, I'm exaggerating a little for rhetorical purposes.
You either have to change theist to an statement of knowledge or atheist to a statement of belief to get your definitions to match.
Jesus christ, ok look, if I'm asexual, that means I'm not into sex period, If I'm attracted to women it doesn't mean that well I'm striaght but I'm asexual to men, I'm NOT asexual ....
If I'm an anarchist, it means I'm against all governments, it doesn't mean I'm an archist when it comes to republicanism but an anarchist when it fascism, it means I believe in NO GOVERNMENT.
If I'm apolitical, it means I'm NOT political, not I'm political when it comes to some countries and not to others.
If you're an Atheist, it means A-THEOS ... NO GOD(S), none, 0 zilch. Look it up. It means you believe there ARE NO GODS.
If you're Agnostic, it means you are without knowledge, when it comes to Gods ... you DON'T KNOW, you don't disbelieve .... you don't believe.
If you're a Theist, you believe there IS at least 1 God.