"According to the philosopher William L. Rowe, in the popular sense, an agnostic is someone who neither believes nor disbelieves in the existence of a deity or deities, whereas a theist and an atheist believe and disbelieve, respectively."
Now how can you put agnostic together with atheist in your poll?
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People tend to get the definition of atheist wrong. An atheist does not believe that there is no god. An atheist does not believe in the existence of god. Its a subtle but important difference. Atheist and agnostic should not be together as mentioned above.
For what its worth when I ceased being a child I ceased having imaginary friends.
For what its worth when I ceased being a child I ceased having imaginary friends.
A bit of idol (pun intended) curiosity - why did you choose to leave Hinduism off the list? The THIRD largest world religion behind Christianity and Islam merits only shoehorning into the "other" category, while two that you list Buddhist and Jewish have only a small percentage of followers that Hinduism has.
I don't know if you may want to consider re-titling Muslim and Jewish to Islam(ic) and Judaism(c). worth a thought?
NB - thereis no such thing as "undefined" - if you have a belief then you are able to define it, therefore it's either in the list or it's "other", and if you don't have a belief then again you can define this - as agnostic or atheist. just trying to help
I don't know if you may want to consider re-titling Muslim and Jewish to Islam(ic) and Judaism(c). worth a thought?
NB - thereis no such thing as "undefined" - if you have a belief then you are able to define it, therefore it's either in the list or it's "other", and if you don't have a belief then again you can define this - as agnostic or atheist. just trying to help
mooghead wrote:
People tend to get the definition of atheist wrong. An atheist does not believe that there is no god. An atheist does not believe in the existence of god. Its a subtle but important difference. Atheist and agnostic should not be together as mentioned above.
For what its worth when I ceased being a child I ceased having imaginary friends.
Not true. Atheism = Greek, a-theos = "no god". Atheism is the DISBELIEF in the existence of a deity. Disbelief in a deity = believing a deity does not exist.
Ok lets stop getting technical about it I didnt know the difference between the two
Right lets politely say what we are I will go 1st. I am a sedevacantist
^^^^^^ I just looked that up. Very interesting!
Me - Zoroastrian.
Me - Zoroastrian.
I have an appreciation for Buddhism as Buddhists do not worship a deity, its about the inner self, it is very intriguing. But they believe in re incarnation and that fucks it all up :-(
What am I if I think (think does not equal believe) that this all was created by a higher intelligence, but I don't believe that somebody is still controlling it?
pittrek wrote:
What am I if I think (think does not equal believe) that this all was created by a higher intelligence, but I don't believe that somebody is still controlling it?
Agnostic theist I assume (not an expert at all)? I'm probably something similar.
"Disbelief in a deity = believing a deity does not exist."
I disagree
I disagree
Jesus Christ ?@Jesusontwittorr
John 3:16, Mark 4:20
John is clearly the fastest
John 3:16, Mark 4:20
John is clearly the fastest
I've considered myself an agnostic/atheist sort.........I do kinda lump 'em together............OK, after looking some things up online...............I guess I could call myself a "strong agnostic" in that I don't think we CAN know.......which is kinda close to atheism I think............
And I kinda like the sound of this one too.....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignosticism
And I kinda like the sound of this one too.....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignosticism
The first paragraph sent me to sleep. I will happily apologise and fall to my feet to the big guy in the sky (of which there are thousands..) if anyone offers a shred of proof. Thats all us atheists want. Give us something to apologise for.