What do you think the difference is between a Deist and an Agnostic Theist?
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The Diest believes it and the Theist just studies it.
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Probably none.  Many were agnostics (as well as atheists).  That is why they (tried) to establish a gov't free from religion, so the two could operate seperately and without one poisoning the other.  A two-way safety net.
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in the army i worked for a major who started out an agnostic. he later became an atheist. as an adult he was a christian chaplain. John Wayne was an agnostic until the week before he died, sometimes it takes longer for some people.
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agnostic means you're not sure if there is a god or not . . .\n\natheist is when you believe there is no god
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Personally I'm agnostic. But the category is religion not atheism. That's probably why.
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Atheism is itself a religion, people who practice it accept on faith that there is no God. As such, they can be just as intolerant as members of any religion. Agnostics are wishy-washy theological bums that can't be bothered to have an opinion. The only way to truly practice principled secularism, is through Deism.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agnostic_theism
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I wouldn't feel the need to categorize yourself, then.\n\nJust tell him your still searching.\n\nI've always thought those that titled themselves as Agnostics believed that there is no need for God in their lives.  Doesn't it literally mean to "live without God?"\n\nIf you are open to learning about religion and becoming spiritual then you are not Agnostic.
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I'm kind of a bi-believer :\n\nTechnically speaking I am an agnostic because I can't prove the existence of god one way or the other.\n\nHowever, I am currently working under the assumption that there is no god because of the utter lack of evidence.\n\nSome people just like to sit on the fence, I guess.\n\nA
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The ones who fight to disprove God are anti-thiests.  In my liftime, I have only met a handful of actual athiests, but an enormous amount of anti-thiests who call themselves athiests.\n\nThe operating word in the definition is belief.  If you truly believe something, you act on it accordingly.  If you truly believe the roof you are sitting under is about to fall down, then you'll move.  Genuine athiests truly don't believe that there is a God, and won't waste much time talking for or againt Him.\n\nOn the other hand, anti-thiests don't want anybody to believe in any kind of higher being, and work fervently to achieve that goal.  In my experience, most anti-thiests once believed in God, but something happened in their lives which they blame God for, and thus the fervor.\n\nto zilker: Technically, anyone who does not have a belief in God is an AGNOSTIC. An atheist believes that there is no God.\nEveryone is actually AGNOSTIC by default until they develope or reject a belief in a God. \n\nto My Big Bear Ron: Maybe there are no athiests 'knocking on doors', but I guarantee there are no Christians in court rooms trying to suppress the athiests' (or more accurately, anti-thiests') right to believe what he wants to believe.
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Your assumption is incorrect. Atheism does *not* mean that you know for a fact that there is no God without a possibility of being mistaken. Atheism is simply a belief that there is no God.
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I think that you are trying to describe the difference between an Atheist and a Humanist.\nA Humanist is so-called because they remove themselves from the whole religious debate - not out of lack of interest but because it doesn't feature as part of their philosophy. A Humanist doesn't define him/herself in terms of theism.
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Atheism is the disbelief in the existence of deities.t is commonly defined as the explicit (i.e., conscious and deliberate), positive rejection and denial of theism; however, others—including most atheistic philosophers and groups—define atheism as the simple absence of belief in deities.\nAgnosticism (from the Greek a, meaning "without" and gnosis, "knowledge", translating to unknowable) is the philosophical view that the truth value of certain claims — particularly theological claims regarding metaphysics, afterlife or the existence of God, god(s), or deities — is unknown or inherently unknowable. \n-Wikipedia\n\nTo put them in simpler words, an atheist is someone who flat-out doesn't believe in a god or gods.\nHowever, an agnostic is someone who isn't certain on the existence of a god or gods, but they might say, "Show me proof there is a God or Gods and I'll believe you."
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Hi there! "Agnostic" means a person for whom the existence of God and the nature of thinks is unknown, or thinks that the human's knowledge is limited to facts experienced. A person that is not an atheist but, who has doubts about the existence of God. \n"Gnosticism" is a philosophical-religious current which tries to mix the christian theology with the greek philosophy and some oriental religions, sustaining the possibility to acquire the mystical knowledge. The greek word "gnosis" means the knowledge acquired through personal experience.
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Atheism, in its broadest sense, is an absence of belief in the existence of gods. This definition includes both those who assert that there are no gods, and those who make no claim about whether gods exist or not. Narrower definitions, however, often only qualify those who assert there are no gods as atheists, labelling the others as agnostics or simply non-theists.
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The only way I can really tell the difference is because Atheist seem to always start problems, I've been in fights with hundreds of them. \n\nReligious people seem to be able to find a middle ground and go from there. \nAtheist are too dumb to do that, I can't stand them and don't for long. \nTheir the assholes of the world.
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1) Deists believe that God is not to be found in organized religion, but in the nature of the world around them and in human reason.\n\n2) Of course this varies from person to person, but I can tell you that seeing the interconnectedness of everything on earth gives me a greater appreciation for life and for other people.\n\n3) Generally I believe so, but they don't share the concepts of heaven/hell.  Again, it varies.