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Originally posted by dragon2fire
i am a agnostic is a very good answer to do i belive in god
it says i dont know and really who does know for sure wether or not god exist
the agnostic does not say that god out right does not exist simply that they dont know for sure
whats worng with that?
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Your answer is exactly what I'm talking about. The question was about belief, and you answer with a claim regarding knowledge (you said "i don't know").
I know I'm splitting hairs here, but I guess that's the point of this whole thread. Like I said in the first post, if you had to place a (inconsequential) bet on the existence of god, what would you bet on, yes or no? I understand that refraining from the bet altogether is a valid option, and I think that's what the definition agnostic is. But, if you're able to decide how you would bet in that situation, I think that would make you *not* agnostic. If you know you'd bet on god not existing, then you're atheist, and if you know you'd bet on god existing, then you're theistic.