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[rkctkc]

How was it "pushed on you"? Did SEAL Team Six kick down your door and force you to read this post at gunpoint?

You're a voluntary member on a voluntary message board. No one pushed you to open this thread. No one pushed you to continue reading it once, you realized its contents.

I too, am a nonbeliever. Unlike you, I didn't feel compelled to spread vitriol.

Which makes me want to ask; "why so mad, bro?"


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I'm not mad, I was merely making a joke and got some backlash for it. How can all these Christians get so angry when they come across someone who doesn't believe. If I had said "praise the lord" all would be just fine, but if I say anything negative about the situation, all hell breaks loose

 

[Harry Manback]

Heaven is real. The name of a movie I watched last night. Pretty moving, Agnostic or a believer. it is a good movie.

This is probably a good time ask if everyone knows the difference between an agnostic and an atheist.

 

[upsbeernut]

Ag

This is probably a good time ask if everyone knows the difference between an agnostic and an atheist.

Agnostic questions everything and an atheist knows there is no god.

 

[Jones]

This is probably a good time ask if everyone knows the difference between an agnostic and an atheist.

Atheist says he doesn't believe in god, agnostic says he doesn't know if there's a god. Since neither one believes in god it's a distinction without a difference for all practical purposes.

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

Heaven is real. The name of a movie I watched last night. Pretty moving, Agnostic or a believer. it is a good movie.

I really enjoyed that movie.

 

[upsbeernut]

Atheist says he doesn't believe in god, agnostic says he doesn't know if there's a god. Since neither one believes in god it's a distinction without a difference for all practical purposes.

That's what I said you agnostic with questions

 

[upsbeernut]

I really enjoyed that movie.

Then your a Christian and you believe

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

Atheist says he doesn't believe in god, agnostic says he doesn't know if there's a god. Since neither one believes in god it's a distinction without a difference for all practical purposes.

The difference is the athiest doesn't deny the existence of a god .

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

Then your a Christian and you believe

Not necessarily.

 

[Harry Manback]

Atheist says he doesn't believe in god, agnostic says he doesn't know if there's a god. Since neither one believes in god it's a distinction without a difference for all practical purposes.

I dunno, I consider myself agnostic and I believe there is a distinction.

I'm not saying there is a supreme being but, I'm also not saying there is. We're spiritual fence sitters.




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[Harry Manback]

The difference is the athiest doesn't deny the existence of a god .

Wrong.


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[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

Wrong.


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How so?

 

[upsbeernut]

I dunno, I consider myself agnostic and I believe there is a distinction.

I'm not saying there is a supreme being but, I'm also not saying there is. We're spiritual fence sitters.




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I hear ya , I'm about the same way with that view point , my family is the opposite, I sometimes think religion is a matter of faith in life itself .

 

[Harry Manback]

How so?

Atheists believe in nothing.

http://atheism.about.com/od/aboutagnosticism/a/Atheist-vs-Agnostic-Difference.htm

 

[Jones]

I dunno, I consider myself agnostic and I believe there is a distinction.

I'm not saying there is a supreme being but, I'm also not saying there is. We're spiritual fence sitters.




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The baseline definition of atheism is the lack of a belief in a god or gods and agnostics fall under that broad definition. Most folks idea of atheists is someone like Richard Dawkins or Christopher Hitchens, public figures who claim to "know" there is no god and I agree that is clearly distinct from agnosticism. I suspect most atheists are a little more like me in that I'll believe in a god when I see some actual evidence for him/her, until then I don't. ymmv.

 

[upsbeernut]

The baseline definition of atheism is the lack of a belief in a god or gods and agnostics fall under that broad definition. Most folks idea of atheists is someone like Richard Dawkins or Christopher Hitchens, public figures who claim to "know" there is no god and I agree that is clearly distinct from agnosticism. I suspect most atheists are a little more like me in that I'll believe in a god when I see some actual evidence for him/her, until then I don't. ymmv.

Proof or miracle is what I want to see.

 

[Harry Manback]

I hear ya , I'm about the same way with that view point , my family is the opposite, I sometimes think religion is a matter of faith in life itself .

I happen to believe that organized religion, on the whole, is little more than, mind control.

I've little use for dogma that promises me paradise for behaving in a manner that someone else sees fit. I've also little use for dogma that promises eternal damnation, should I choose to not fall in line.




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[Jones]

Proof or miracle is what I want to see.

Let me know how that works out

 

[upsbeernut]

I happen to believe that organized religion, on the whole, is little more than, mind control.

I've little use for dogma that promises me paradise for behaving in a manner that someone else sees fit. I've also little use for dogma that promises eternal damnation, should I choose to not fall in line.




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Agree, things happen for a reason in your life ,I'm a true believer in fate and when I die, well I'm gone not worried about where.

 

[upsbeernut]

Let me know how that works out

Its not ever, look around at all the bad things happening .