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Originally Posted by Willravel
Religiosity, or theism, generally is not agnostic in any way. Most believers are certain of the existence of god or gods. If you present them with verifiable evidence, they are more likely to take the role of an apologist. Most atheists are atheists because of null theory, or we're unconvinced. If presented with verifiable evidence for the existence of the supernatural, I swear I'd be totally interested and I'd do everything within my intellectual ability to understand it.
The opposite of a theist would be a hard atheist, or someone who absolutely is unwilling to believe in god or gods even when presented with verifiable evidence. These people are out there, but they're uncommon. |
I suppose what I don't understand is the line of reasoning that allows you to consider yourself an atheist when you recognize that theism, while extremely unlikely, can not be entirely refuted. Highly improbable but not impossible.
As per wikipedia:
Atheism can be either the rejection of theism,[1] or the position that deities do not exist.[2] In the broadest sense, it is the absence of belief in the existence of deities.
I'm assuming your beliefs align with the first definition. What I don't understand is how this is anything more than a cop-out as it seems to me that your beliefs are founded not in anything in particular but rather in the negation of another belief.
Simply put, if you're an atheist who accepts the possibility of god's existence then how are you not an agnostic?