RE: Does God Exist? Kind of

[mrweed]

I am all in for invisible forces bro.

I'm also an Atheist but its hard to discuss these things with people who have religion culturally impregnated in their brains. These people are usually 100% closed minded and not open to the rest of the ways other people.

On that note.. i will expand my consciousness now

#takeiteasy

Comments

[royaltiffany]

I can't say i am an atheist , but i can't agree with what religion has become nowadays. How ever i do believe there is an unseen force playing...doesnt matter what you call it...God , Buddha etc , same one for me...

[pjheinz]

You have my upvote, but to clarify, the author and first poster are describing agnosticism but referring to it as atheism. It is a very common error due to the nuance of definitions. Atheism implies certainty in the non-existence of God, a​gnosticism is an uncertainty due to lack of strong information.

ag·nos·tic
aɡˈnästik/
noun
plural noun: agnostics
a person who believes that nothing is known or can be known of the existence or nature of God or of anything beyond material phenomena; a person who claims neither faith nor disbelief in God.
synonyms: skeptic, doubter, doubting Thomas, cynic; More

[royaltiffany]

Thank you for the info...atheism as far as i know is believing in your own forces , believing that you can do anything without the help of any unseen forces. Or that's how one of my friends described it. I found it pretty accurate.

[andrarchy]

Here's the definition of atheist according to the first google result: a person who disbelieves or lacks belief in the existence of God or gods. This describes me perfectly, therefore I was not mistaken. However, the post is essentially about the imprecision of words, so kind of ironic that you're fixating on definitions :)

[pjheinz]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atheism

Atheism is, in the broadest sense, the absence of belief in the existence of deities.[1][2][3][4] Less broadly, atheism is the rejection of belief that any deities exist.[5][6] In an even narrower sense, atheism is specifically the position that there are no deities.[1][2][7]

As you can see Atheism is the belief that no such Deity exists. Theism Is the belief that such a Diety does exist. Agnosticism is to not have the evidence to believe either with certainty.