Atheists & Agnostics
In reply to the discussion: People who claim atheism is a religion are: [View all]SwissTony
(2,560 posts)I wouldn't even think about going to one. I simply do not see the point. In fact, I'd run a mile in the opposite direction.
I call myself an atheist but I'm agnostic in the sense that I can't say with 100% certainly that there is no god. Just 99.99%. I also can't say with 100% certainty that unicorns don't exist. Maybe someone will find one in, say, the Amazon jungle. But if you ask me whether god(s) exist, I'd say either "no" or "Do unicorns exist?"
There is actually a precedent for the "unicorn" possibility. In 1697, Dutch explorers found black swans in Western Australia. Up until then, Europeans thought all swans were white. So, who knows? But I don't lie awake at night thinking about the possibility. And the world is a lot "smaller" now in the sense that we know much more about it.