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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.
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So, if you think there is a 51% chance of there being a god, you believe in god?
If you are risk adverse, you are agnostic?
If you refuse to put any thought into an event that has a trivial impact, you are agnostic?
Hell, I'd make that bet, either way. I mean, you are going to tell me what the answer is, beyond all possible doubt? For 1$, find out for certain, have the proof at your fingertips!
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If you search your heart or soul or whatever you think you have you will find the answers that you seek.
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Prove it? You have just made a huge assertion, that you can find the answer to a huge question by introspection. Not everyone works that way.
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It has nothing to do with earnestness though. It's a non-answer to a question about belief because your response is only concerned with knowledge. I apologize for sounding like a droning, broken record but I don't think most posts are rationally responding to Moskie's question.
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How about "I believe I do not know what I believe."
Or "I believe that belief in god, or belief there is no god, are both unresonable beliefs. I hold neither."
Or "I think the question isn't worth thinking about, or argueing about why it isn't worth thinking about."
There are many interpritations of the answer "I am agnostic" that make it a valid response to "Do you believe in god?"
The fact that you can find one interpritation for both the question and the answer that makes it make no sense is a completely useless piece of information. This is true of basically every question and every answer for those questions, it is not anything special or profound.