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What would it take to disprove atheism?
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Ok. It was just hard for me to tell if you were replying to someone or to the OP.
So how do we go about discerning the Truth?
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And how will I know that's the truth, when there are so many people telling me to believe their truth?
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So you are asking me if i would believe x exists if i meet x...
Well, yes. Yes, i would believe x exists if i meet x.
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To be an atheist is to lack belief in god/s. When a theist says 'there is a god', the atheist says 'I don't believe you.' An atheist can still believe in any number of things.
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All I ask is that all of you please remember theist and atheist are default gnostic positions, while agnosticism is a word specifically created to mean "lack of belief" as opposed to the others.
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This is simply not true and it has been addressed on this very forum many times.
(A)gnosticism pertains to knowledge.
(A)theism pertains to belief in personal gods.
They are different answers to different questions and they are not at all mutually exclusive.
Agnosticism is not "some third option" between theism and atheism.
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Some brands of Christian thought say that their God wouldn't do this. You seem to be implying that your brand of Christian God would. That leaves those of us with no stake in the game in kind of a conundrum. Maybe I just met a god, or maybe it is the devil from someone else's belief system. These supernatural magical beings are kind of tricky to pin down.
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Gave it a shot. It didn't work - God and/or Jesus continue to evade me. Now what?
I'm guessing we'll get some blaming the victim here, but surprise me.
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That was my fault. I should've worded that better. I thought I was being clear about what I meant by "nothing" but since lots of people have objected, I must have misjudged. My apologies. I didn't mean "nothing" in the literal sense, that "Gee atheists believe that nothing really exists!" but that atheists believe there is nothing (for us) beyond the end of our physical lives, there is nothing that exists in any spiritual realm, there is no Divine Plan or greater morality, etc.
Sorry for not doing a better job.
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