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Wrong. We recognize that god may exist, but since no evidence exists to suggest that, belief that god does exist is illogical and thus frowned upon.
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I used to think so too, Kalnaur, but that's really not a useful definition. As willravel has said, that would mean that most self proclaimed atheists are really agnostics and that there are almost no atheists in the world.
A more useful definition of agnosticism would be if they took the possibility of the existence of god seriously while not totally committing to the idea. For instance, they should think that the possibility of God's existence is more likely than the tooth fairy's existence... |
I am a bit puzzled. Every definition of Atheism is something along the lines of "denial of God's existence." Though nearly all of the atheists on this thread are open to the possibility of there being a god. Is this a misunderstanding between those who define Atheism and those who define themselves as Atheists, or is Atheism just a more specific sect of Agnosticism?