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Old 08-17-2003, 12:56 PM   #11
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You could fairly call yourself either a deist or an agonistic.
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Old 08-18-2003, 10:16 AM   #12
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Maybe you should check out the Belief-O-Matic! It did pretty well by me.
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Old 08-18-2003, 11:36 AM   #13
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You are an atheist. If you do not have a positive belief in god then you are an atheist.

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Most importantly though, I don't really feel that I can say there is NO god out there, because there might be. In fact, I believe it's possible (if improbable) that the Christians, etc. could be right, and if so, that's fine to me, but either way, I don't really care.
Some people are probably and mistakenly using this to interpret you as an agnostic. I suppose that's OK but the fact is that if you don't have a positive belief in a god, regardless if you feel such a being might possibly exist, you are also an atheist.

Atheist and agnostic are not mutually exclusive terms and in fact most all agnostics are atheists.

Someone commented that weak atheist is equivalent to agnostic. That is not correct at all. Agnoticism has to do with knowledge while atheism has to do with belief. They really aren't talking about the same thing. Atheism is nothing but a description of the state of affairs in your head while agnotcism is about either what can be known or what is known.

One in fact can be an agnostic and still believe in god and one can be an agnostic and not believe in god.

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Old 08-21-2003, 03:55 PM   #14
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I would call you agnostic. Your views are similar to mine, although I totally reject any possiblity that the bible is correct.
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