[TRIGGER WARNING] how does religion exist in educated first world countries?

[Lord Tony®]

So you believe that God could exist?

No that's agnostic. The belief that you think or don't think god exists.

My belief is that if god did or didn't exist then I don't care. It doesn't personally effect my life in any way shape or form.


Me seeing god would be no different than walking by some random guy down the street.

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[TheArmyGuy]

Because we keep importing it from Syria.

[Siren]

No that's agnostic. The belief that you think or don't think god exists.

My belief is that if god did or didn't exist then I don't care. It doesn't personally effect my life in any way shape or form.


Me seeing god would be no different than walking by some random guy down the street.

Then your agnostic

[Moppy]

No that's agnostic. The belief that you think or don't think god exists.

My belief is that if god did or didn't exist then I don't care. It doesn't personally effect my life in any way shape or form.


Me seeing god would be no different than walking by some random guy down the street.

That's not really a legitimate viewpoint in this case because it doesn't address the core question as to if God exists or not.

[Drydess]

No that's agnostic. The belief that you think or don't think god exists.

My belief is that if god did or didn't exist then I don't care. It doesn't personally effect my life in any way shape or form.


Me seeing god would be no different than walking by some random guy down the street.

...you really don't look like you "don't care," but okay

[Lord Tony®]

it doesn't address the core question as to if God exists or not.

I don't know and I don't want to know.

[Moppy]

I don't know and I don't want to know.

Ah, you prescribe to the philosophy of intentional ignorance. The "if I don't care, then it wont affect me" philosophy. The "if I can't see it, it can see me" philosophy.
I've always wanted to know what one of you guys thought like.

[Headcrab Zombie]

but I cannot say there is none

But atheist doesn't necessarily mean this

When there is no good evidence there is a god, and no good evidence there isnt a god (ruling out everything save there actually being a god). Why shouldn't you sit on the fence

Because there's more options than "I know god exists" and "I know god exists"
You can not believe in God, yet still recognize a change that he could exist
Atheism literally means "without belief"
So atheism is basically an umbrella term for any stance that does not include an active belief in a deity. You can make up as many other terms to describe your stance add you want, but ultimately all you do is cause confusion like this

No that's agnostic. The belief that you think or don't think god exists.

Agnostic is whether or not you know god exists. It says nothing of belief.
You can believe in God, while still recognizing he may not exist
Or you could not believe in God, while still recognizing he could exist

[EnjoyedBen2002]

Answer to OP's question: I honestly don't know.

but my stance on religion is: IDK, trying to find answers to my questions on religion

[Lord Tony®]

Ah, you prescribe to the philosophy of intentional ignorance. The "if I don't care, then it wont affect me" philosophy. The "if I can't see it, it can see me" philosophy.
I've always wanted to know what one of you guys thought like.

It's more ignorant to claim god exists.

There has been no tangible evidence god exists. There is more evidence of alien life than there is of god.

[Zack]

Not gonna offer my opinion on what Lord Tony's saying because that's a can of worms I'd rather not open.

Another topic open for discussion:

Would a truly athiest USA government be beneficial, or alienate the masses?

I think, assuming it happens in the next 10 years or so, it would most likely just alienate everyone, but I'm no political expert and therefore don't really have any sources to aid my claim.

[Siren]

Alienate people how? I don't really understand what you mean by that

[Moppy]

Not gonna offer my opinion on what Lord Tony's saying because that's a can of worms I'd rather not open.

Another topic open for discussion:

Would a truly athiest USA government be beneficial, or alienate the masses?

I think, assuming it happens in the next 10 years or so, it would most likely just alienate everyone, but I'm no political expert and therefore don't really have any sources to aid my claim.

The problem with an Athiestic government, as we've seen of many athiestic governments like the German's national socialist party, the People's Republic of China's government, the USSR government, and to a much lesser extent, parts of the current US government, the tendency for an Athiestic government is to eliminate religions rather than allow the practice of it.
A government controlled by no religion is just as bad as a government controlled by one religion. And at least a government under one religion will tend to have a more common goal when it comes to morals.

[Swollow]

because humans have a huge lack of knowledge for a lot of things in the world and they aren't satisfied with the inability to have an answer so they make one up

[Nonnel]

The US should be an atheist state. It shouldn't prefer Christianity over any other religion or else it's already representing some citizens more than others.