Ok, I understand better now at what you're saying. I'm not trying to necessarily say that belief = knowledge, but I do know some people who believe in god as well as say they know he exists, much like you know people who believe in god but say they cannot know if he does exist.
Because of the...
What I'm trying to say is that the definition alone does not talk about proof. "One who believes that it is impossible to know whether there is a God." I know people who believe in god. They don't need to provide me with physical evidence that they "know" there is a god. They can, however, claim...
That is definition #1, though.
Also, definition #1 doesn't have anything to do with proof. "One who believes that it is impossible to know whether there is a God." Many believe that it IS possible to know whether there is a god. I do not believe it is possible to know, therefor I fall under...
Exactly. I bitched out a cashier at Food Lion who tried to pull that on me. I asked him to get the manager and the manager OK'd it. If he didn't, I'd just have the under 21 go sit in the car and I will go through another check out line.
Which definition of Agnostic are you using, though? There are two primary ones.
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1. One who believes that it is impossible to know whether there is a God.
2. One who is skeptical about the existence of God but does not profess true atheism.
2. One who is doubtful or...
Um, I am about as angostic as they come, and I can still easily answer all those questions without thinking about religion. I'm sure countless others can, too.
Stem cell - yes
Abortion - don't agree with it, but I do think it should be legal
Death penalty - yes
life support - depends on...
Your analogy is flawed. In it, whether or not the engineer makes a decision affects other peoples lives. They can die if he doesn't act, or die if he makes the wrong decision.
If a person makes a choice to believe or not to believe, or is still undecided, there is no different forseeable...
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