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Atheists & Agnostics

OriginalGeek

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10. Ok but still, agnosticism isn't a fence-riding position in the middle

Reply to Cartoonist (Reply #8)

Fri Dec 4, 2015, 10:35 AM

Dec 2015

it's a statement of knowledge (or lack thereof). Atheism is my lack of belief. Agnostic atheist is perfectly acceptable and how I see myself. I don't know and I also don't believe.

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Andrew Seidel [View all] RussBLib Dec 2015 OP

He's WONDERFUL!!! PeaceNikki Dec 2015 #1

My Analogy Cartoonist Dec 2015 #2

well that does not accurately portray how I see the two terms. OriginalGeek Dec 2015 #4

No rain Cartoonist Dec 2015 #8

Ok but still, agnosticism isn't a fence-riding position in the middle OriginalGeek Dec 2015 #10

That's not agnosticism for me. Tobin S. Dec 2015 #5

You die, that is all. Cartoonist Dec 2015 #9

No, I'm not. I just don't know. Nobody does. Tobin S. Dec 2015 #14

I think that is how a lot of people use the word. But that isn't what it is definitionally Goblinmonger Dec 2015 #11

Of course they're not! Brainstormy Dec 2015 #12

lol, he's in a twitter war with Adam Baldwin OriginalGeek Dec 2015 #3

Adam Baldwin is fucking nuts. Act_of_Reparation Dec 2015 #7

Andrew Seidel expressed it well, but.. Yorktown Dec 2015 #6

Agnostics are still atheists Lordquinton Dec 2015 #13