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Politics : Should God be replaced?
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To: Krowbar who wrote (1884)10/19/2000 5:48:34 PM
From: cosmicforce  Read Replies (2) of 28931
 
Edit: This is largely a restatement of what X said. Read if you wish.

Atheist is a statement of certainty for the nonexistence of something. This is tantamount to the accepting a proof of a negative ( a logical impossibility). As an agnostic, at most you can express an uncertainty about the existence of God otherwise you are expressing a "firm belief" (if it can't be proven, it must be a belief).

You could be an "agnostic that leans toward atheism", but if you step over the line and say you are an "atheist" (i.e., expressing a certain position that you can't hold by logic alone), then you have admitted a "firm belief" and are no longer operating under one of the requirements of agnosticism, doubt.
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