Athiests and agnostics,  what if you're wrong about God, then what?
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If I'm wrong, then I am wrong. It has happened before, and I expect it shall happen again.
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I'm a Christian. Also I might be mistaken but you cant be agnostic and atheist. agnostic is not sure God exists. Atheist means you are sure that God doesn't exist.
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an atheist does not beleive in the concept of a God.\n\nan agnostic thinks there may be a God, and is intelligent enough to admit that no man-made religion knows what God is, nor is he, the agnostic, wise enough to define or understand God.\n\nif only people were intelligent enough to acknowledge that, and not need a crutch like religion to get through life.
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if you were an atheist and you went to hell you would deny that you are in hell because you don't believe in it.  I am an atheist, not the most hardcore of atheists, but anyways, I would feel dumb if I were in hell because I would be wrong.
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Well, I don't believe in Heaven *or* Hell, so I'd have to say no - but it raises a good point.\nWhat if I'm wrong and when I die I meet God - I'd have to believe and then, because I believed I'd get into Heaven. Because non-believers go to Hell.....\nHmmm, I'm confused.
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First, tabbymomma is not making a statement or asking a question about whether or not god exists, or the veracity of atheism versus agnosticism versus Christianity.  What she is asking, is why do people call other people idiots when they are trying to convince them that their view is right?\n\nI agree with her.\n\nIt seems the "debate" in here consists of believers and non-believers calling each other idiots.  This is not a debate.  Neither is telling a non-believer he/she is going to hell, or telling a believer they are in the thrall of ignorant superstition.  Debate involves respecting your opponent, and his or her ideas, while you are pointing out what you believe are the fallacies.  In the very least, it involves a little civility.\n\n___________________________________________________________\n\nOh, and an agnostic is not a "pansy" atheist.  Agnostics hold that, ultimately, the existence or non-existence of divinity can not be proven one way or the other (and, the absence of evidence is not the evidence of absence), so this is a question which is ultimately unanswerable and unknowable.  This is different from atheists, who believe there is no god at all.
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"Think about it, you have to acknowledge that there is a god (higher power) for you not to believe in, right? In that case, wouldn't you be agnostic?"\nTHAT MAKES NO SENSE, SHOULD I SAY: I DON'T BELIEVE THAT GOD EXISTS, IS THAT BETTER?
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I'm agnostic in the proper sense of the word as it was intended by the person who coined it, Thomas Huxley.  It was meant to describe a person who holds the view that it is wrong to assert the truth of a proposition without logically satisfactory evidence. Since he invented it, people have taken it to mean someone who says that we can never know whether or not a god exists, but this is far from what Huxley intended by the word. I would prefer to stick with his original meaning, and on that basis I consider myself an agnostic atheist.\n\nNote that Christians, Muslims and any other kind of theist, as well as atheists, can all be agnostic in the proper sense of the word.
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Sounds like deist to me. You believe in a some type of god (a creator) so you're not an atheist and "agnostic" is just a modifier word.
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I pretty much agree with you. An atheist is sure that God does not exist, and an agnostic isn't willing to commit either way. (Sort of like the dyslexic agnostic who developed insomnia. He kept lying awake at night wondering if there really is a Dog...).
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An atheist doesn't believe in a deity. An agnostic doubts the existence of a deity. A deist, on the other hand, believes them both to be wrong. It's beginning to sound like a 'shell game' doesn't it?
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Nope..that would be an Agnostic
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That would be faith...or ignorance.  Depends on how much thought goes into it.\n\nPersonally I view faith like this:  If someone believes in god, the bible, etc.  More power to 'em!  However, if you present a different point of view, and they cover their ears, close their eyes and scream, "Lies!"...that's not faith, that's ignorance.\n\nIf they ignore your question and quote the bible...the same book they know nothing about, that's ignorance\n\nIf they KNOW they're right and you're wrong, that's ignorance.\n\nIf they believe in God with knowledge, understanding, acceptence, and reservation that while their faith is absolute, that there are other possibilities, or that we are too ill informed or lack the understanding to comprehend the workings of the universe...that's faith.\n\nTo be agnostic, like I am, means you don't have faith.  Personally, I don't have a clue what's going on.  I know the bible isn't accurate, we've proven Genesis to be wrong 100x over.  However, I do agree with many of its teachings.  How did we get here?  Dunno.  How does life work?  Dunno.  Is there a God?  Dunno.  Is God as the bible describes?  Probably not, but dunno.  Good news about being agnostic is it allows you the freedom to think and examine.  You're not stuck in an organized religion that recites the same thing to you day after day.  Your free to analyze and accept that there are somethings you just don't know.  On the one had its very liberating.  On the other it carries responsibility because you don't have something to blame, or to believe will take care of you...you lose the "knowledge" that everything's under control.\n\nSo, I'm all for agnostic.  I'm comfortable knowing that I don't know. I LOVE studying theology, laughing when a religious person avoids thought, and learning when a religious person makes a good point.\n\nFor examples:  Look to spur4eight.  He'll make intelligent arguements for Christianity.  I disagree with many of them, but hey...that's faith.  For ignorance, look at Mainworry.  He'll ignore questions completely that require any sort of thought towards religion, and reply either with biblical quotes or insults.
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"God thinks" you say.  Really?  What do you base your belief on?
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atheist means that you don't believe in G-d. thats all.
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Not if there really is a God.
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As an agnostic I had once thought that atheism could be a belief\nbut no\nAtheists don't claim anyhing\nwhat they do is refusing the existing claims\nso atheism can't be considered as a religion\ndenying a claim is not a belief\nbut what I don't understand is how can they be such sure\nhow can they be sure that all the claims are wrong\nI personally don't make claims\nand don't totally deny all claims\nfor example: deists' claim seem rational: a supreme being not related to religions\nthis can be true\nhow can I completely deny this?\nhow can I be sure?\nI even can't completely disprove religions' claims\na theist, a deist, an atheist \nthey are all sure\nan agnostic asks: how can you be so sure, all of you?