Religion Poll (Please take a second to take!)

[Bahamut]

atheist

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[Crispy_]

im am an tsiehta

[_Rave_]

Agnostic literally means "unknowing."

Of course you can. Again, agnostic means unknowing. An apathetic agnostic doesn't know, or care, whether or not there is a higher power.

Wikipedia: "Agnosticism is the view that the existence or non-existence of any deity is unknown and possibly unknowable."

An agnostic theist isn't sure, but believes that higher power may exist.

This is an agnostic.

An agnostic atheist isn't sure, but believes a higher power probably doesn't exist.

This is also an agnostic.

If you're just calling yourself an agnostic atheist because you're scared that you're going to go to hell for calling yourself an atheist, you're an atheist.  If you're calling yourself an agnostic atheist because you think that there's no god, but you're not entirely sure, you're an agnostic.

[Teneksi]

“Agnostic atheism, also called atheistic agnosticism, is a philosophical position that encompasses both atheism and agnosticism. Agnostic atheists are atheistic because they do not hold a belief in the existence of any deity and agnostic because they claim that the existence of a deity is either unknowable in principle or currently unknown in fact.”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agnostic_atheism

[_Rave_]

“Agnostic atheism, also called atheistic agnosticism, is a philosophical position that encompasses both atheism and agnosticism. Agnostic atheists are atheistic because they do not hold a belief in the existence of any deity and agnostic because they claim that the existence of a deity is either unknowable in principle or currently unknown in fact.”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agnostic_atheism

But agnosticism itself implies that you neither accept nor deny the existence of a god, covering

they do not hold a belief in the existence of any deity

and agnostics also contend that

the existence of a deity is either unknowable in principle or currently unknown in fact.”

The definition of an agnostic atheist just sounds like any regular agnostic to me.  Can you explain an agnostic who isn't an agnostic atheist?

[Becquerel]

where the hell is the Cthulhu Cultist option

[BanishedLetters]

atheist

[dkamm65]

But agnosticism itself implies that you neither accept nor deny the existence of a god, coveringand agnostics also contend that
The definition of an agnostic atheist just sounds like any regular agnostic to me.  Can you explain an agnostic who isn't an agnostic atheist?

[Wynd_Fox]

That diagram is kind of confusing due to the difference between strong agnosticism (can't know if there is a deity or not) and weak agnosticism (theoretically something we can know).

[Cybersix]

You are obviously looking for an argument and I suggest you edit your post to convey your message in a less harmful way.

To be fair, it is nonsense

[dkamm65]

That diagram is kind of confusing due to the difference between strong agnosticism (can't know if there is a deity or not) and weak agnosticism (theoretically something we can know).

weak theism = agnostic theist
weak atheism = agnostic atheist

strong theism = gnostic theist
strong atheism = gnostic atheist

The weak and strong refer to the atheism/theism, not the agnosticism/gnosticism.

[Aerodynamic]

Christian.

[Daswiruch]

My religion is a slight edit to Christianity. I don't believe in the bible, but I believe in God and being a good person.

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That diagram is kind of confusing due to the difference between strong agnosticism (can't know if there is a deity or not) and weak agnosticism (theoretically something we can know).

I kind of understand what you're all saying now, but did you mean the difference between strong and weak atheism/theism?

Strong meaning, you can prove that there is/isn't a god, weak meaning that you can't prove that there is/isn't a god?

And you're saying there's a difference in that some believe we can know if there's a god or not but we don't know yet, and some believe that we can't and will never know for certain.

ok now i understand your points.  I thought "Agnostic Atheist" meant "an agnostic who is atheistic," not "an atheist who is agnostic."

my bad lol, thanks for helping me understand that.

so i suppose I'd then identify as an agnostic atheist as well

edit:

My religion is a slight edit to Christianity. I don't believe in the bible, but I believe in God and being a good person.

you are the best kind of religious person

[Harm94]

I find that the newer generation of athiests are more aggressive and rude. All they do is just bash those with religion, like one of those amazing atheist or Reddit types. Like any extremist, they see the world as theirs and anyone who is not them must convert to their standards. Like this guy:

Religion is handicapped nonsense and shouldn't exist