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    Creating this thread so that we can discuss questions and topics brought by you. I invite other skeptics from TA to participate as well.




    Atheism

    Disbelief or lack of belief in the existence of God or gods.

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    Late 16th century: from French athéisme, from Greek atheos, from a- ‘without’ + theos ‘god’.
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    Don't you think it's more realistic to be an agnostic than an atheist?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Annie999 View Post
    Don't you think it's more realistic to be an agnostic than an atheist?
    Many people who identify themselves as agnostics are in fact atheists. It is easy to get confused since both concepts are different but also non-exclusive.

    Most atheists do not believe in the existence of any deities but they don't necessarily assert that there is none. The burden of proof is on those who say there is a god.

    An agnostic individual according to the Oxford dictionary is defined as "a person who believes that nothing is known or can be known of the existence or nature of God."

    This gives me the impression that an agnostic person feels that there is a 50/50 chance of god existing or not. If I thought there was a 50/50 chance of winning the lottery today, I would bet on it.

    So if your stakes are that high, maybe you should seek for evidence, pray, try talking with god or something like that and see if you can find the truth within those paths. If you never even thought or considered doing that or it sounds futile to you, then you most likely are just an atheist, someone who doesn't believe in deities and someone who believes that the burden of proof is on those who claim that there is a god.
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    How can nothingness turn into something?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Graham View Post
    How can nothingness turn into something?
    I don't know (and there's nothing wrong with not knowing) I guess that is a good question to pose a physicist like Krauss but even if it's completely impossible for something to come from nothing, this doesnt mean that it necessary an extra entity like a god until we establish that there ever was actually "nothing". Just because the explanation is not known it does not mean there is no possible explanation, so to take the lack of an answer as an argument that its impossible without a god is an argument from ignorance.

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    whats the most close to you, christianity or paganism?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Porn Master View Post
    whats the most close to you, christianity or paganism?
    To me personally? I think neither is close to me. I find paganism to be as irrational as any other prominent religion such as the Abrahamic ones. The main difference though is that presently they are not significantly organised religious forces with the potential to affect world matters.
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    If you were asking about sociological and cultural aspects then I was raised in a roman catholic family. I am a lot more familiar with christianity rather than paganism, though I don't adhere to any.
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    Why does an atheist not believe in the existence of any deities?

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    Quote Originally Posted by SvartVarg View Post
    Why does an atheist not believe in the existence of any deities?
    There are a staggering number of reasons on why someone would not believe in the existence of deities or a god but to put it in a very simplistic and straightforward way, most atheists believe that there is no reliable evidence for god's existence.
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