Poll: Atheist or Agnostic?

[hardwareuser]

Atheist as in BELIEVE THERE IS NO GOD. Agnostic as in doesn't subscribe to a religion but DOESN'T BELIEVE THERE IS NO GOD.

Personally, I'm an atheist. I'd like to get some views from agnostic people.

 

[Zim Hosein]

P&N

 

[imported_LoKe]

Agnostic. To be an Atheist, you'd have to be incredibly ignorant/close minded.

 

[vshah]

agnostic, because if you say you're atheist, you're almost required to argue it.

 

[dighn]

how about an option for the religious folks here?

personally I probably fit under agnostic, though heavily leaning towards atheist. there is no known evidence against the existence of some higher being so I don't want to completely deny the possibility no matter how unlikely.

 

[CoveX]

Originally posted by: LoKe
Agnostic. To be an Atheist, you'd have to be incredibly ignorant/close minded.

Sign me up, then!

 

[imported_LoKe]

Originally posted by: vshah
agnostic, because if you say you're atheist, you're almost required to argue it.

If you can't argue over your beliefs, then how do you trust them?

 

[GagHalfrunt]

An agnostic is just an atheist without the courage of his convictions.

 

[SWScorch]

I was atheist for a long time before I realized that if there is no way to prove there is a god, there is also no way to prove there is NOT a god. So, I don't believe but I'm not ruling out the possibility.

 

[hardwareuser]

I have to be closed-minded to be an atheist? I think that's a pretty closed-minded statement by itself.

 

[her209]

If the universe cannot be created without God, then who created God? Similarly, if God was all knowing, then does he know what he's going to do before he does it?

 

[Juice Box]

Originally posted by: vshah
agnostic, because if you say you're atheist, you're almost required to argue it.

QFGDT

 

[Legend]

I don't like any of the religions. I hate organized religion.

I'm open minded. I can't claim with absolute certainty that there isn't some sort of higher being simply off hunches, just like I can't say that there is a God based of questionable ancient texts.

 

[CoveX]

Originally posted by: SWScorch
I was atheist for a long time before I realized that if there is no way to prove there is a god, there is also no way to prove there is NOT a god. So, I don't believe but I'm not ruling out the possibility.

I think you're partly right, however, if god were to show him/her/itself beyond reasonable doubt, then you could prove theism. As a belief it's verifiable but not falsifiable...

 

[Cobalt]

Agnostic.

 

[CraigRT]

Originally posted by: cobalt
Agnostic.

same...
why? I really don't know what to believe.

 

[hardwareuser]

First, I'd like to define god as some omnipotent lifeform, and not just some blob that started the universe.

Well, with all the contradictions (like how Christianity said the earth is flat), I tend to believe that it's all crap.

 

[SWScorch]

Originally posted by: hardwareuser
First, I'd like to define god as some omnipotent lifeform, and not just some blob that started the universe.

Well, with all the contradictions (like how Christianity said the earth is flat), I tend to believe that it's all crap.

I sincerely doubt in the validity of the Christian god, but sometimes I've found myself wondering, "Could all this really have been a random occurance?" It is what I believe, but sometimes I do doubt myself. Things like the human brain and how it functions, and how our mind works, make me wonder sometimes... Perhaps there is some "creator" of some kind.

 

[Nebben]

Originally posted by: hardwareuser
First, I'd like to define god as some omnipotent lifeform, and not just some blob that started the universe.

Well, with all the contradictions (like how Christianity said the earth is flat), I tend to believe that it's all crap.

Heh, 'Christianity' never said the Earth was flat. Where'd you hear that?

 

[optoman]

I am God, so does that make me agnostic if I don't believe in a religion?

 

[GagHalfrunt]

Originally posted by: Nebben

Originally posted by: hardwareuser
First, I'd like to define god as some omnipotent lifeform, and not just some blob that started the universe.

Well, with all the contradictions (like how Christianity said the earth is flat), I tend to believe that it's all crap.

Heh, 'Christianity' never said the Earth was flat. Where'd you hear that?

Yeah, it wasn't that they said the earth was flat, it's that they said the sun revolved around the earth. It was charming and cute how they attempted to kill anyone that claimed otherwise.

 

[jadinolf]

Thank God I'm an atheist.

I'm kidding.

 

[EyeMWing]

I'm ignostic. I don't f'ing care if there is a god.

 

[Vertimus]

atheist.

 

[BurnItDwn]

I am a strict Atheist.

I see it this way

...Reasons to believe in a god...
If there is a god, and belief in such god is a requirement to have a good "afterlife" then it may seem more logical to believe.

...Reasons not to believe in god...
There are 6 senses, none detect the presense of said "god".
No Evidence.



So, the only reason to have belief in any god, at least that I am aware of, is really not a reason to "believe", it's a reason to desire or want to believe. I don't believe things just because I want to believe them. I believe things that are facts, I believe things that seem to fit logic. I don't believe things that would be nice to believe in, but don't present any real actual reasons beyond that.

I don't consider that to be "closed minded" as I gave several hours of thought into my decision to abstain from the Church back in 1988 when I was 8 years old.

I am playing the odds, I think that they are very strongly in my favor. Not that it makes any difference though.