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- From: sethb@fid.morgan.com (Seth Breidbart)
- Subject: Re: Agnostics and Athiests
- Message-ID: <1992Jul24.013656.1836@fid.morgan.com>
- Organization: my opinions only
- References: <1992Jul23.002021.12133@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com> <1992Jul23.194846.12902@news.cs.brandeis.edu> <1992Jul23.212023.1246@clarinet.com>
- Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 01:36:56 GMT
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- In article <1992Jul23.212023.1246@clarinet.com> brad@clarinet.com
- (Brad Templeton) writes:
- >I think people put too fine a point on this. Agnostics proudly stand up
- >and say that there is no way one can know for sure, but the fact is
- >that the vast bulk of them do not believe there is a god, and thus
- >in my book they are athiests, (literally non-theist.)
-
- No: An agnostic says "I don't know if there is a God." A militant
- agnostic says "I don't know and you don't either."
-
- An atheist believes there is no God. A theist believes there is a God
- (or more than one).
-
- >The number of athiests who state that they know there is a god and that
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- I think you're missing a "not" somewhere around here.
-
- >it is impossible that there be any sort of god is small.
-
- As I said, atheists believe there is no God. That doesn't say their
- minds can't be changed.
-
- >Most athiests and agnostics are the same. They think there is no god,
- >they admit it is possible but unlikely and that nobody knows for certain.
- >There's no difference between them.
-
- Maybe a lot of people mislable themselves?
-
- Seth sethb@fid.morgan.com
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