theist and theos are clearly not the same word. the suffix "ism" means a belief. whatever "ism" is the practice and believe in whatever. so it...
dawkins defines the strong atheist as: "Strong atheist. 'I know there is no god" yunno how i say this person is incredibly rare? dawkins...
have you not on many occasions claimed to believe in a creator? how are you agnostic with respect to him? and the point of mentioning the older...
this is the only rational position. to not believe in god, while understanding that is not mathematically factually proven that he doesnt exist....
it isnt just russell. it is wikipedia, it is every smart philosopher. it is better dictionaries. and a nobel prize winning philosopher is really...
"Atheists are thought to be closed-minded because they deny the existence of gods, whereas agnostics appear to be open-minded because they do not...
"I am an atheist, out and out. It took me a long time to say it. I've been an atheist for years and years, but somehow I felt it was...
i hate that i have to further illustrate this point, but i will with the orbiting teapot example. if i told you that there is an intelligent...
indicendally i disagree with both the claims in your agnostic definition 1. The doctrine that certainty about absolute truth is unattainable...
what i have always claimed to be, since i was 12 years old, and have explained many, many times here, and to you directly many times. did you...
folks seem confused by the definition of atheism. they tend to accuse atheists of being absolutely certain that god does not exist. clearly nobody...
i have said that here basically nonstop. i even devoted a huge part of the thread to it, trying to correct the definition of atheism so people...
what? yes, there is unknown. that is not the same as faith. i accept that there are things that are unknown. man, i dunno how many more times i...
definitely. i was so totally confused that even i was screwing it up. i even forgot to correct him like i said i would. i was really frazzled...
please learn how to spell "sense". your version of it is so close to "science" that it is confusing. i will correct it and address what you said,...
what exactly have i figured out? how to magically contact god or transcend or whatever? thats what you have figured out. i havent figured out...
please dont make fun of me because i am gay. we gays are just like everyone else.
what do you mean? if i interview a scientist and he says he has a theory about the composition of a star from doing analysis of the light emitted...
i want to reiterate my response to this. what are you are doing is here is basically saying "which sort of magic have you decided explains X"...
this whole thread is you calling me arrogant for agreeing with that, then encouraging me to open my mind to gobbletygook. what other sort of...
