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I joined this site because of the Title, Agnostic.com. I was looking for free thinking people that are open minded to most things. It appears that my understanding of Agnostic differs from many who post.
Agnostic: a person who holds the view that any ultimate reality (such as God) is unknown and probably unknowable; broadly: one who is not committed to believing in either the existence or the nonexistence of God or gods.
Atheist - a person who does not believe in the existence of a god or any gods: one who subscribes to or advocates atheism.
I am not looking to be controversial just asking for my own benefit.

Reelax99 4 June 30
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Yeah, some people here take the differences seriously and become offended if they are mislabeled, while most seem to have an atheist/agnostic blend of beliefs.
Most seem to be more atheist-oriented, however.

By the way, this website has a bit of a learning curve so here is some information that might be helpful for dating here.

New members are encouraged to earn website points, and help other members get to know them better, by writing an informational profile that includes their hobbies and interests, and answering all the profile questions, since that's the first place many people look when they see a new member.

The website uses profile algorithms to find member matches, so the more details one includes, the better the match.

Also many women prefer to see a written profile talking about interests, hobbies, and backgrounds that can be quickly perused to find compatible partners.

People make comments and write their own posts to earn more points and privileges; for instance, at level two someone can private email people. There are different perks with each level, and when you reach level eight you get an agnostic T-shirt.

To find members near you, click on the "Meet" button at the top of the page, then on "Members," and enter your preferred search parameters.
Or click on the "About" button at the top of the page to find links to FAQ or the website tutorial.
Click on the 'Meet" button to find member matches

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I think your definition is fine, there are a lot of atheists here who enjoy it a lot, me included, and you and me and whole bunch of others have something in common as a starting point. They'll be debates along the way but that makes it interesting and worthwhile. Enjoy 🙂

ipdg77 Level 8 June 30, 2018
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Let me be perfectly clear. I advocate a modern scientific world-view and my holdings-forth here are articulations from that perspective. I recognize that the majority of people are pretty much oblivious to this perspective, though some give it lip-service. Many people still embrace supernaturalism enthusiastically and others simply do not want to confront that powerful segment of the culture. I see things quite simply as a choice between light (evidence and reason) and dark (superstition) and choose the light. Many are more comfortable in the shade. This crowd seems pretty shady to me. Which I suppose makes sense given its name. I'm going to toodle off now and leave you all to your comfort zones. Thank you for your time.

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I am an agnostic - anti-theist.

I'm with Penn Jillette on this:
Agnostic and atheist answer two different questions:
Agnostisc: We cannot know fur shur how our universe started: without knowledge
Atheist: There ain't no all powerful invisible critters: there is no reliable proof of such a being.

And I agree with Sam, and Christopher,... 'Atheist' is a word created by theists to identify their 'enemies.' No words for not believing in santa, unicorns, astrology,...

I am an anti-theist because I oppose religionists imposing their mental illness on all us good folks.

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Atheism and agnostic are used in different perspectives. Atheism is the disbelief in God, and agnosticism is the knowledge whether God exists or not. I am an agnostic atheist btw

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I am a gnostic atheist, when someone makes up a bullshit story I don't give it credence just because a lot of people do believe it and I'm not "unknowing" because I can't prove somethings "non-existence". I can't imagine a reality where other peoples absurd beliefs make me question my understanding of basic reality.

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I joined this site to have conversations with people who wouldn't make me feel like it was necessary to believe in a deity and wouldn't shy away from me because I didn't. I'm having a wonderful time here and feel very comfortable opening a topic about anything on my mind. Open is open. Do we need labels for that?

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The purple screen that comes up when you open tbe app tells you all you need to know...nor is there any test to join.

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I agree with you. I'm the same.

I felt quite irritated on sign-up here, because the questions were pushing me in one direction or another.

For me, God is unknowable. So I'm agnostic.

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Labels people use can tend to mean different things to different people. While I am personally 100% sure that a god does not exist I still consider myself agnostic due to the fact that we can never really know until we are dead.

Some other people would say being 100% sure automatically makes you an athiest.

Try not to focus too much on such labels.

I am just happy for any kind of positive community to be a part of. It can sure be tiring being a nonbeliever in Texas.

I am a Texatheist myself. Please read my comment above and "cowboy up" to your true beliefs.

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I completely agree with your definitions, except that I'd leave out the word "probably". Huxley's origination of the term was based on the unfalsifiability of the Abrahamic god-claim. If it's not falsifiable then no supportable knowledge claim can be made, either way, ever. Supernatural beings and realms cannot be proven.

if it is not falsifiable it is outside the scientific method of inquirey (a.k.a. "nonsense) So, either you reject supernaturalism or you don't. Changing the rules of your epistemology to suit the subject matter is the height of intellectual dishonesty.

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I am curious in what ways that the people posting are indicating that they are not open-minded or free-thinking. Got any examples?

Would be good to have a place to send a post like that. One example I can think of is I am not prejudice then turn around and say I hate Trump he is conservative and republican by that terminology alone people show how to prejudice they are.

@azzow2 everyone has prejudices, it is inevitable. Try again.

@LaylaNoGods Kind of hard to lay this one out. Say that a post said the sky is purple. We all know this as fact that the sky is blue. So the person that posted the sky is purple. Gets some comments the sky is blue because of water molecules in the air magnify and the prism reflecting is blue. So the poster reply would be that is off topic I am talking about the purple sky.

@azzow2 Late to the party-But you are dead wrong. You can be prejudiced base decisions based on race, gender identity physical attributes . And that is wrong.

But you can have knowledge of ideas and it is not prejudice to think they are stupid. The platform of political parties are ideas. Religion is ideas. The fact that some parties hold extremely stupid ideas is a fact. It is not prejudice to call people in that party brainwashed or dumbasses- since they are in fact brainwashed an/or dumbasses .

It is OK to call ideas stupid. It is not nice to call people stupid , even if the demonstrate they are. We have to come up with a way, to inform them in such a way that the see the light. Hard trick to do.

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Atheism and agnostic are used in different perspectives. Atheism is the disbelief in God, and agnosticism is the knowledge whether God exists or not. I am an agnostic atheist btw

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My impression is that the overwhelming majority of participants at this website are atheists and not agnostics. But there are a few of us agnostics, so welcome.

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So what seems to not fit for you?

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