The only proper way to do that, though, is to do it honestly. A question that should be asked of every person who uses the word "atheist" as a descrip...
And anyone else I missed: Bottom line…I personally have never met a person who uses the word atheist as a descriptor (or part of a descriptor) who doe...
I live my life the way I live my life. I am not answerable to any gods...or religious convictions. Many of the matters I hold dear...ARE part of many ...
Even odder that you find it odd that I gave Amen an AMEN on the comment. I saw it to be a nail being hit squarely on its head. Look, Coben...we all ca...
YES...it means with a god...NOT without a 'BELIEF" in a god. That is my point. Some atheists here are saying I must be classified as an ATHEIST, becau...
I agree...it is rather dull and uninteresting. BUT...(a huge BUT)...if the objective is to lessen the influence of religion in our lives...agnosticism...
You are NOT doing that. You essentially accused me of being a hypocrite for doing something that I did NOT do... ...and then you suggested a course of...
"Anti" has a specific meaning. The letter "a" at the beginning of a word does not. Agreed? Or do you think "agreed" means being without "greed?" https...
Yup. Especially those atheists who make claim to science, logic, and reason. Agnosticism is where science leads; agnosticism is where logic leads; and...
Unfortunately, even the most intelligent of us suffers from the myopia of human-chauvinism. We humans tend to think that what we can sense...is what c...
That MISTAKE is the entire reason for the controversy...a reason you seem willing to simply disregard, Dawn. (a) theist, resulting in a meaning of "wi...
Right you are. One thing that should happen as soon as possible is: All comparative religion courses (there are tons of them) should include agnostici...
I would love to see atheism and agnosticism given a MUCH greater spotlight than either now gets. Tough hope, though...particularly with the "atheist" ...
Always a good idea to start at the beginning. You wrote: For sure...there MAY BE a "God." In fact, there MAY BE many "gods." Which, of course, demands...
We all can get angry at times...and "being angry" seems to be part of the American DNA sequence. But to be lectured about that by O'Reilly is like bei...
Sorta agree...in part. But anyone who asserts that they come to any of these four things through science, logic, reason, or math...is full of soup: 1)...
A big part of the problem we are dealing with here...is the seeming reluctance of so many people who just will not utter or write the words "I do not ...
"Justified true 'belief'"...IS BELIEF. And "belief" is nothing more than accepting something without sufficient, unambiguous evidence. Any supposed Jt...
In that paragraph, Sam says, "I believe that..."...and in so doing, says everything that has to be said. Sam is a "believer"...every bit as much as th...
Another thing in play here is the discussion that led to all of this. (You can read about it early in the thread.) The question ended up being: Which ...
If I may! The "solution" you mentioned is the one I use...I describe my position rather than rely on a descriptor. This argument has just come up beca...
In your reply to Dingo...you wrote: Thank you. I've tried explaining that to Dingo...but it became obvious that his user name was not an accident, and...
Allow me to answer that by fully quoting the post from which you took that partial quote: If YOU decide to vote or not vote...it is a "responsible" vo...
If YOU decide to vote or not vote...it is a "responsible" vote. No matter whom you vote for...that is a responsible vote... ...unless you vote for tha...
Plenty to do. Play golf, tennis, tend to the lawn and garden, clean the streets in the neighborhood, write, read, watch television, take walks, do art...
As I said, if considering me to be arrogant and ignorant helps make your life more livable and enjoyable...please continue. I want you to be as happy ...
If you want to think that I am arrogant and ignorant... ...and further want to think that others will agree with you... ...be my guest. I am sure it h...
Fair enough! And I will repeat my assessment of your assessment. It is BULLSHIT. All of it! (Except perhaps for the second "the" in your first sentenc...
Thank you, Punshhh. The indiscriminate and careless use of "believe/belief" is annoying in most forums (fora), but in a forum devoted to philosophy, i...
I can engage in a conversation about the value of a nihilistic or solipsistic perspective...but they invariably leave me cold. Just not my cup of tea,...
WHAT THE FUCK DOES "EVERY GUESS I MAKE IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE" MEAN TO YOU? I know that every guess I make is subject to change. That is not a guess. An...
Bullshit. Knowledge and "belief" are two different things. And I am becoming more and more convinced that the words "believe" and "belief" should be b...
Doesn't sound all that absolutely certain to me. Perhaps you've got that "someone on the Internet is wrong" disease. I"m told it is very bothersome. I...
Yeah...the people of the 19th and 20th century still bought into the teachings of people who, for the most part, thought the Earth was a pancake flat ...
Oh...that justified true belief shit is so 19th and 20th century. When someone uses "I believe..." in a post to me...I usually ask what they mean by i...
Dictionaries do not actually "define" words. They merely tell us how they are used. I stand by my comment: "As for "belief"...mostly that is bullshit....
Great. YOU do not care. I DO! I care when someone tells me (and insists, that I AM AN ATHEIST...simply because of a definition which came into being b...
We're just going back and forth to no avail.I thought there could be more substance. My position is clear. You seem to be agreeing with it...but makin...
Okay...we are 5 x 5 here. But that does not address the fact that I, and many (perhaps MOST) agnostics do not want the descriptor "atheist" applied to...
If one were to choose 1000 people at random...and put my take to them along with the questions: Is this an agnostic position? Is this an atheistic pos...
I agree! I walk like an agnostic...I talk (or quack) like an agnostic...so I AM AN AGNOSTIC. Every person I know who uses the word "atheist" as a desc...
If that is what the person using it means...and what the person hearing it accepts...then it is a more economical use in conversation. But for many......
Your lecture has been received and is being considered. I thank you for your take on the issue. If I use a single word to describe myself...it is agno...
Okay...but what if I use the word one way and someone else uses it another way. Do we put its "proper" use up to a vote next election? Not being a wis...
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