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Originally Posted by Vinterland  You will have to clarify by what you mean by atheist. It seems that you contend that an atheist must be sure that there is no God. This is a false definition and shoots down the rest of your statements. EVERY agnostic, if not an atheist, is a theist; it's one or the other. |
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| Care to Compare: 7. Atheist - lacks belief in God
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Hi V
I see why you might think agnostics are atheists based on your above definition. But for me, I also have a significant disbelief in the absence of god.
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I can't prove or disprove the the existence of many things, but I can do mind experiments and prove to myself the possibility of certain very unlikely things. eg flying teapots in orbit, we have the technology to put them in orbit and we can give them stealth technology to make them pretty much undetectable, pink elephants we probably could genetically engineer them to be pink, only if the animal rights activists would let us ...
I agree they are unlikely but they are possible.
Regarding fairies... I have checked under the shed at the bottom of the garden.. none were seen.... anywhere else I should look?
what are your definitions of weak and strong atheists?
all the best