What kind of religion do you have?

[DeusExMachina]

I find it hard to understand how so many people can be atheist :/
To me it seems like it would require more faith to say for sure that "There is no god" than to say "There is a god"
Especially considering it's impossible to prove something doesn't exist.

Either way, i'm agnostic. Theres really no way of knowing if theres a god or not.

I agree.

 

[Thadius Dean]

Even though I see no proof of a god and a lot of proof that a god doesn't exist, I can still imagine that a god could indeed exist. But this god would be extremely different from your typical view of how a god should be

Agnosticly athiest?

 

[OCybrManO]

I find it hard to understand how so many people can be atheist :/
To me it seems like it would require more faith to say for sure that "There is no god" than to say "There is a god"
Especially considering it's impossible to prove something doesn't exist.

Either way, i'm agnostic. Theres really no way of knowing if theres a god or not.

Is it easier to prove something you can't sense is there or isn't there?

OK, look straight through your wall (no glass doors or windows) and tell me if there is a sleeping cow on the other side. Now, which is the more logical scenario (assuming that you don't live on a farm)? You can't see the cow, you can't hear the cow... you have no evidence of the cow's existence. What makes you think a cow is there? Is it because someone suggested that there is a cow there? Sure, there is a possibility of a cow (or, in this case, a deity) being there... but it's not likely.

Theists know the cow is there. In their minds, they are 100% sure of the cow's existence even though it's based entirely on other people's accounts... and many of their stories have conflicting information.
Agnostics aren't sure if the cow is there... or, for that matter, if it's even a cow.
Nontheist don't care if the cow is there. It's existence, to them, is totally irrelevant/meaningless.
Atheists don't see any evidence to suggest there is a cow on the other side of the wall... so, they assume there isn't one.

Is a lack of belief in the cow's existence more outrageous than blind faith in the cow's existence? IMO, both extremes are equally inane.

 

[Ikerous]

Heh, perhaps i'm just more inclined to be empathetic towards religious people because i was once Christian (Although that was based on bad science rather than blind faith, so try not to hold it against me )

At least i can see some reasons for believing in a god, weather it be the complexity of the universe or answered prayers (Both of which probably stem from bad logic, but at least theres some logic involved). Whereas i can't see a shred of logic behind proclaiming there is no god.

Either way, at least we can agrea that both extremes are in themselves fairly insane

 

[Raziaar]

Heh, perhaps i'm just more inclined to be empathetic towards religious people because i was once Christian (Although that was based on bad science rather than blind faith, so try not to hold it against me )

At least i can see some reasons for believing in a god, weather it be the complexity of the universe or answered prayers (Both of which probably stem from bad logic, but at least theres some logic involved). Whereas i can't see a shred of logic behind proclaiming there is no god.

Either way, at least we can agrea that both extremes are in themselves fairly insane

I've had some pretty surprising 'prayers' that were answered...

Once, when driving in Canada, we took a wrong road... and we kept going and going and going... we realized our mistake, and decided to turn around... but before we did, we knew our gas was very low, cause we were expecting a town any minute. It was late late night, all the gas stations in the small canadian towns closed... and we had to travel back a huge distance to the town we came from. I started praying that I wouldn't have to walk/push all the way back to town, because the needle was already at low... and yet, somehow we managed to make it far further than the car could possibly go on an empty tank of gas. I kid you not... we pulled tremendous distance on that empty tank of gas, and I know for a fact that when that needle gets to low, it usually sputters out.

 

[ríomhaire]

How do ye define atheism. Most say it is not believing in God. I think it's stronger than that, I thing agnosticism is not believing in God and atheism believing there is no God.

 

[RakuraiTenjin]

How do ye define atheism. Most say it is not believing in God. I think it's stronger than that, I thing agnosticism is not believing in God and atheism believing there is no God.

I think that's what most people mean when they say athiests don't believe in God, just poor wording that causes confuses.

 

[Absinthe]

Atheism, by definition, is the absence of belief in any gods. It is generally accepted that there are two kinds of atheism.

Weak Atheist: One does not believe in gods. No claims or denials are made.

Strong Atheist: One explicitly denies the existence of any gods ("There are no gods"). He makes a strong claim that will eventually need to be supported.

Agnostics claim that knowledge of gods is impossible to obtain, and therefore cannot be proven or disproven.

I see a lot of people confusing weak atheism with agnosticism, and vice versa.

 

[15357]

Atheism, by definition, is the absence of belief in any gods. It is generally accepted that there are two kinds of atheism.

Weak Atheist: One does not believe in gods. No claims or denials are made.

Strong Atheist: One explicitly denies the existence of any gods ("There are no gods"). He makes a strong claim that will eventually need to be supported.

Agnostics claim that knowledge of gods is impossible to obtain, and therefore cannot be proven or disproven.

I see a lot of people confusing weak atheism with agnosticism, and vice versa.

we never learned that in school, you see.

 

[Absinthe]

we never learned that in school, you see.

Of course. God forbid they teach you something actually relevant to the world we live in.

 

[CrazyHarij]

The religion of funk.

 

[Sir Phoenixx]

Atheist. I believe that there is no god, that just like Roman, Greek, and Egyptian religions/gods (what we refer to as mythology), the existence of god and religions were made up to explain stuff that we couldn't explain, the creation of the world, life, death, people, etc. Much like the Roman/Greek/Egyptian mythology where they believed in multiple gods to explain the creation of the world, nature, sun, moon, seasons, death, etc.

I tend to believe stuff based on what I can see, and what makes the most sense, instead of only what others tells me I should believe in, who only believes in it because others told them they should, who only believed in it because others told them they should, etc.

(But if you want to believe in a religion/god, then good for you! I could care less, unless of course you want to try to get me to subscribe to your fiction...)

 

[Pi Mu Rho]

I am my own God.

 

[15357]

I am my own God.

well, you are a god in this forum.....

 

[DeusExMachina]

The religion of funk.

LOL. YES.

 

[Asus]

I guess what saddens me is that people denounce the existance of God and don't ever pick up a book such as the Bible. Someone from my work, who does not believe in God, is reading the Bible to understand it and I thought that was good. When I asked him why he said "If there was a God, shouldn't I let myself know about it? It's worth reading just to see." He's a business type who never passes up an opportunity, never thought I'd see him reading the Bible though.