| Name |
Views and Comments | Date |
| God |
Atheism- Lack of beliefe in a Deity or Deities.
Agnostic- Not knowing or not caring of a Deity or Deities.
Christian- Blindly believes in a Deity. (Any other religion for that matter) |
12/1/2008 |
| frederic |
You are describing the views of an agnostic. An atheist is someone who denies the existence of god. The fine point that you are missing, is that, strictly speaking, nothing ever is absolutely certain. Any belief about reality is based on a certain number of evidences which make it certain with a very large probability. Based on the fact that the idea of God at best lacks evidence, and at worst is untestable and silly, it is perfectly reasonable to deny its existence. Just as it is perfectly reasonable to state that there is no blue snake in the sky.
In this sense, an agnostic is someone who does not dare reach the logical conclusion of his reasoning, probably for social reasons, or maybe simply someone who is confused with epistemology. |
6/23/2008 |
| Koen |
Dude, you have no idea what an atheist is.
In a nutshell, the dictionary says, point blank an atheist is "A person who lacks a belief in a deity or deities."
Therefore, belief in a god and atheist just don't go together. |
4/27/2008 |
| SAMY123 |
you know what atheist don't belive in god, thats what an atheist is. He may not say god doesn't exist becuase he may not know or care. If you tell me inside this closet is worm but you can't look in the closet. I may not believe you or maybe unsure. This can be described as denial of the existance of the worm in the closet.
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4/13/2008 |
| Jose V. |
In my workplace I had the opportunity to discuss this very subject with a friend , fortunately we have a very logic oriented work atmosphere, however, it took me about half an hour of examples and discussion to convince my friend of only the possibility of the existence of GOD. You just cannot deny something unless you have proof that it does not exist. Many religious theories expound on why the fact that we cannot see GOD is actually GOD'S purpose. Eventually my friend conceded to the POSSIBILITY of a GOD which I believe is logical, rather than simply believe in something that you cannot prove i.e. believe that GOD does not exist but you cannot prove it. without leaving the window of possibility open. That to me would be illogical. |
8/19/2007 |
| Glory |
This article is silly.
Obviously the claim CAN be made that God does not exist. This concept is generally understood to be Atheism.
Claiming that God does not exist is not the same as:
saying we can't know whether God exists or not, (hard agnostic)
OR that we might be able to know whether God exists or not, I just don't know. (soft agnostic)
Hard agnostics can be fideists and actually believe in God so it would be silly to put them under the umbrella of atheism in the first place.
But if you admit that most dictionaries even classify atheism as the view that denies the existence of God, a little more proof needs to be shown for the reason why you equate the term with agnosticism; and some new name -so far, appearently unknown- needs to be suggested for the view that denies the existence of God.
If we understand the Atheist to mean that somebody who believes God does not exist (which is generally understood by the term), if he would meet God in person, he would CEASE TO BE an Atheist.
And lastly, this whole argument talks, as it is evident from definition 1) about someone who is an empiricist. An empiricist could in fact start believing in God as soon as he experiences him, and still be an empiricist. An Atheist, as soon as he starts believing in God ceases to be an Atheist, as already mentioned. |
4/7/2007 | |
