Why would they do that ? In my experience I’ve come across individuals with real faith who really believe in God that not even the sceptic in me would question it. — Deus
The agnostic does not rule out the existence of God whereas the Atheist does. What are your thoughts ? — Deus
It’s not a preference I actually don’t care! :wink: although I have to admit Pascal had an interesting take on it with his Pascal’s wager although personally I wouldn’t go that far. — Deus
Faith in supernatural things is not real belief — Gregory
Nor does it rule out the infinity of other ridiculous ideas we can come up with. Are we supposed to entertain them all, or just the ones that were popular between three- and one-thousand years ago? — Kenosha Kid
In my opinion the agnostic position makes the most sense and is the strongest out of the three even though I believe in God myself. — Deus
convinced me that there was a higher power/intelligence which no philosophical argument could. — Deus
What interests me and what I expect would interest atheists equally is understanding how someone could not believe in god and to the atheist how someone could. — Deus
In my opinion the agnostic position makes the most sense and is the strongest out of the three even though I believe in God myself. — Deus
If you understand that God exists on rational grounds, then one's belief is as robust as those arguments and does not depend on one's own psychology and experiences to the same extent. — Bartricks
Is agnosticism a better position than atheism? — Deus
Folk tend not to come to discussions about god in order to have their ideas tested. More often they are looking to have their prejudices reinforced. — Banno
Although you state that most professional philosophers dismiss the god claim their best bet is really agnosticism or at least it should be rather than hard atheism… — Deus
So far science has not been able to replicate the origin of life (abiogenesis) — Deus
The definition just says that atheism is, disbelief (non-belief) in God. It doesn't mean the atheist rules out the existence of God. — Down The Rabbit Hole
How does the atheist rule out the existence of God? — Down The Rabbit Hole
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