disbelief or lack of belief in the existence of God or gods.
a person who believes that nothing is known or can be known of the existence or nature of God
The agnostic does not rule out the existence of God whereas the Atheist does. What are your thoughts ? — Deus
I don’t know ask them…I’m just going by the definition of atheism as to how they rule it out I have no idea but I guess they rule it out due to lack of evidence. — Deus
I acknowledge that I do not know but I do not believe in the existence god or gods.
Well this is one of the issues. The varying degrees of Atheism so it really is a debate between hard atheism and soft atheism (aka Agnosticism?) — Deus
Think about the forces that hold a nuclei together or the electrons around it…the beauty of this design that holds matter together to form larger structures … without these scientific laws surely there would be nothing … so it is these laws built in the universe which makes me a believer of course but it’s more than that it’s unquantifiable personal experience which I will of course try to ignore for the sake of being unbiased. — Deus
You entirely missed the point of what I posted. Notice that I said That there was no practical difference. Notions of heaven and hell are not practical. In so far as they make a difference to ones behaviour, an agnostic who goes to church just in case is not all that agnostic.↪Banno No they don’t as to the agnostic this means that the possibility of God existing is equal to it not existing and they do not rule it out either way. — Deus
My thought is that an individual's beliefs are too nuanced to be fully captured by a label. In a sense, I'm an agnostic-deist - I think it's a live possibility that some sort of entity might exist that intentionally caused the universe. I also consider such an entity's existence to be irrelevant, because IMO, a God-of-religion is not a live option. It's merely logically possible.I think that agnosticism is a better and more prudent position when it comes to the existence of God or a Diety then Atheism as per the above definition. The agnostic does not rule out the existence of God whereas the Atheist does. What are your thoughts ? — Deus
You entirely missed the point of what I posted. Notice that I said That there was no practical difference.
I think that agnosticism is a better and more prudent position when it comes to the existence of God or a Diety then Atheism as per the above definition. — Deus
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