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by Anonymous on November 21st, 2006
Should agnostics and atheists get a lobotomy to level the playing field?
by Ombliss22 on February 10th, 2012
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Has Atheism or Agnosticism ever been shoved down your throat? If so, how?
by A on May 4th, 2012
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Is it wrong to be agnostic?
by shaungawler on November 13th, 2011
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If one has any question weather God exists -why not start from square one (no belief) and just determine what facts can be learned?
by kakskee on July 23rd, 2010
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Agnostics please comment. Is atheism just another belief? Have atheists backed themselves a corner? Can an atheist be bigoted?
by shutdown on April 21st, 2010
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Who has it mixed up? Did I phrase it wrong? I am aware of the definitions; most other people don't seem to be.
by 8 Jan 2004-10 Dec 2009 on November 21st, 2006
Jerv, you're not describing Agnostics at all correctly. I am one. thesceneaesthetic is quite correct. I do not believe one way or the other. Prove it to me
by scubabob on March 20th, 2007
And I thought agnosticism was the belief that God's nature is unknowable, and that there were two and only two types of agnostics: the agnostic theists -- those who believe God's nature is unknowable but still believe God exists; and agnostic atheists -- those who believe God's nature is unknowable (if God were to exist) and also believe God does not exist.
I don't think agnostics can claim that they're not sure what they believe. Either you have Belief X, or you do not.
by Aristocles on October 19th, 2009
I agree with you there, except that I allow for the fact there that may be people who legitimately neither believe nor disbelieve in a God/Pantheon of some sort.
But the point remains that not all Agnostics are Atheists, just as not all rectangles are squares.
by 8 Jan 2004-10 Dec 2009 on October 19th, 2009
Deism: is the standpoint that reason and observation of the natural world, without the need for organized religion, can determine that a supreme being created the universe.
This is not agnosticism. Quite plainly agnosticism is having no belief in either a God, or a Godless world. So yes as far as a stance on God we have NO belief. Not to say we could not believe in other ideas.
by yougethepicture on January 27th, 2011