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Originally Posted by Leto
I would like to have an easy, understandable term: either you believe in a god or believe that there is no god. No weak, strong.
Agnostic: Latin for do not know? Not tied to Gnosticism. Therefore a term used when faith is not accepted. eg, the scientific approach that Missourians prefer. Rationalists would fall in this category.
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leto: the problem with the first portion of that is that those two choices are not the only choices available. an atheist is someone who doesn't believe in god. after that distinction, there's a lot of disagreement about issues.
for the second bit - that's my point. agnosticism isn't relatived to
Gnosticism. however, i hold that one can feel (because i myself think this) that
would be possible to know god or proof his/her/existence, were he/she/it a real phenomenon/being/whatever as portrayed in one of the major religious texts, pick your flavor.
ustwo: that may have been snarky, but it cracked me up.
