I am laughing . Thank u ???

I was going to read that and look for keywords and phrases like "but to be fair..." Or "bringing balance" or even some references to Heidegger or some s hit like that. But my eyes glazed over way too fast. So here's my totally one sided, judgemental af, single solitary thought line. You can't prove that A leads to B, but notB leads to notA. However you can't disprove it either. So yeah, two possibilities exist. But only one can be right. I've made up my mind, and there's not much to talk about. I'm fairly certain there are more people like me.

Maybe yes, maybe not? How about giving you nothing and say - it is a million dollars. Maybe yes, maybe not? Religion is the stupidest, most dangerous idea humans ever invented.

The term "agnostic" was coined by Thomas Huxley, aka Darwin's Bulldog. He defined it as A-gnosis, or without knowledge. An Agnostic therefore lacks knowledge of god. By the same reasoning, an A-theist is without belief in god. I am an agnostic atheist, as I lack any knowledge of a god and therefore lack a belief in god.

The difference between an atheist and agnostic is how much fear they have.... Atheists know there is no reason to fear because gods are just fairy tales while agnostics are afraid the god they were brainwashed into believing as a child might actually be real... Rid yourself of the fear and you won't be so cranky....

The term Agnostic applies to many things. My question to myself then becomes, “Am I agnostic regarding sprites, fairies, gnomes, leprechauns, unicorns, Santa, the Easter bunny and/or the tooth fairy?” I think the truth is very few of us are truly agnostic about anything. Atheism therefore, being lack of a belief in someone else’s predudices, doesn’t equate to itself being a belief.

It all gets a bit C17th Protestant/Catholic here from time to time, and that didn’t end well! Tomate- o, Tomart-o? Just sayin’

Bit of a long post but I kept going because you make some good points. I have noticed that there is a militant atheist mindset here from time to time so best to move along from those discussions as you would JW or Sunni Islam.

1): The site advertises itself as a meeting place for agnostics, ATHEISTS, etc, etc. I put atheists in blocks as I can only assume you missed it.

2): The atheist position is simple - they, which includes me, don’t believe in a god or gods, or anthing similar, on the grounds of there being no evidence for them. That’s it. Anything else an ‘atheist’ might add to that is just padding to make it sound more complex. The agnostic position, as I understand it (there seems sometimes to be nearly as many definitions as there are agnostics), boils down to that they don’t know whether there’s a god or not. They neither believe nor disbelieve. Forgive me if I’m wrong - I can only pass on what I’ve been told.

3): Even Richard Dawkins is on record as saying that given credible evidence, he would believe. Every atheist I know says the same. Someone further on in the thread critiqued the atheist position that those who promulgate god should provide the evidence. He/she took the position that it was equally an atheist responsibilty to prove god didn’t exist. Rubbish. Apart from it being nigh on impossible to prove a negative, it is always the one that makes a proposal that has to provide the evidence for it. And that is the scientific method, as denied by the same commentator.

4): There are militant, proselytising atheists. For their own various reasons, they seek to ACTIVELY turn people away from religious belief. I’m not one of them - I’d prefer that no-one believed in god, but other than that preference, I couldn’t give a shit what anyone believes, as far as religion is concerned. And I believe in peoples’ freedom of faith and religion, or the lack of it. I’m aware that some who call themselves atheists do not believe in that freedom. They’re just rightists and nazis. Atheism isn’t a political philosophy. Most of us do appear to be ‘progressive’ politically, however.

5): Vaguely carrying on with the political beliefs thing, I note on your profile that you are open to meeting women. Does your ‘sweetie’ (who you say you worship) know about that? And how attractive a prospect to women do you think you may appear to be, given that one of your profile photos shows two naked women, one apparently preparing to sit on the other’s face, or just leaving it? Looks like a winner to me.

Here to help.

I'm not an atheist. I was never religious. My parents aren't religious and my grandparents were scientists.

Lol. I feel you. The constant atheist attacks on an agnostic point of view is ridiculous.

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You do realize that the statistical probability of life in the universe is high enough, that nearly all of us atheists are by definition agnostic!?