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Politics : Should God be replaced?
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To: Krowbar who wrote (1884)10/19/2000 4:27:26 PM
From: epicure  Read Replies (1) of 28931
 
Well- I don't think conditional beliefs are silly. That seems to be what you are talking about. I DO think that believing in the absence or presence of a God or Gods IS silly- but perhaps that's too harsh. Let me say then, that I think it is rash. But I have always thought atheists had the better footing since you aren't expected to have to prove a negative.

That said- I have always understood atheism as the belief that there WAS no God.

atheist \A"the*ist\, n. [Gr. ? without god; 'a priv. + ? god: cf. F. ath['e]iste.] 1. One who disbelieves or denies the existence of a God, or supreme intelligent
Being.

Compare with:

ag·nos·tic (g-nstk)
n.

One who believes that there can be no proof of the existence of God but does not deny the possibility that God exists.

I do NOT see how you can be both at once. You are saying you can believe in something that you consciously realize may not be true. Belief means you believe. If you realize your belief may not be true can you still believe it? how can you say I do NOT believe that God exists yet not deny the possibility that God exists? If you were a multiple personality I suppose you could do that, but otherwise what you really are is an agnostic. Come out of the closet Del. It's OK to be an agnostic. Say this with me: "I'm an agnostic and I'm PROUD."

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