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Who here...

godlikemadman

godlikemadman

God Among Men
... is currently a "member" of a religion or way of life they are not sure of? In other words, who here only practices a religion because they were born and raised as a member of that particular faith?

Who here has doubts?
 
Riverwolf

Riverwolf

Amateur Rambler / Proud Ergi
Premium Member
I have plenty of doubts.

But I wasn't raised in my religion; I became Hindu a few years ago. I grew up in an agnostic household.
 
Vinayaka

Vinayaka

devotee
Premium Member
Draka said:
Not everyone follows the religion they may have been raised in. Many people don't. Many people will find their own way down a different path.
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Yes, like you and me. Well, you anyway I assume. I was raised in no religion but now have one. But no religion was a belief of some sort. Drastically altered now. What i meant was that any person saying "I know for a fact', or some such nonsense has recesses of the mind, even if temporal, where doubt lingers on.
 
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Splarnst

Splarnst

Active Member
I used to be a devout Catholic until I explored my doubts. Now I'm a happy atheist. No doubts because I don't claim any religious knowledge.
 
The Sum of Awe

The Sum of Awe

Brought to you by the moment that spacetime began.
I only follow known facts, but I'm sure my science is misleading somewhere along the line.
 
Gjallarhorn

Gjallarhorn

N'yog-Sothep
I am not following the religion I was raised in, sort of. Of course I have doubts in my religion, just as I have doubts in myself (not that much difference between the two though).
 
Me Myself

Me Myself

Back to my username
Splarnst said:
I used to be a devout Catholic until I explored my doubts. Now I'm a happy atheist. No doubts because I don't claim any religious knowledge.
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To know(believe) there is no god is to have the knowledge of the inexistence of something.

If you truly didn´t claim anything religious that would be called agnosticism.

As an atheist, you claim that god doesn´t exist, and the inexistence of something is a knowledge. In other words you "know" God doesn´t exist.

Teorethically, any atheist could doubt the inexistence of god the same way a theist of any kind may doubt his existence at some point.

Did I go wrong somewhere around there?
 
Splarnst

Splarnst

Active Member
weak (or negative) atheism = lack of belief in deities
strong (or positive) atheism = belief that deities don't exist
agnosticism = belief that whether gods exist is unknowable

An atheist is a person who doesn't believe in gods. It's that simple. I don't make any claims, so I'm a weak atheist. For the very same reason, I'm not an agnostic.

Me Myself said:
If you truly didn´t claim anything religious that would be called agnosticism.
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No. Agnostics claim that the existence of God is unknowable. I don't even make that claim.

Me Myself said:
As an atheist, you claim that god doesn´t exist, and the inexistence of something is a knowledge. In other words you "know" God doesn´t exist.
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You're talking as though my label dictates my beliefs rather than vice versa. You have no reason to believe I claim anything, so don't make stuff up.

Me Myself said:
Did I go wrong somewhere around there?
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Yes. You failed to distinguish between weak and strong atheism. You failed to understand the meaning of agnosticism. You failed to understand that even strong atheists have varying levels of certainty.
 
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