If asked my persuasion (spiritually speaking), I tell people I identify as an atheist.
However;
Recently I have been thinking about this. I suppose my atheism depends on your definition of god. If, by god, you refer to the christian god, or allah, or zeus, then I suppose I must identify as an atheist. however, if you definition of god is the universe, or existence, or nature, then I may not identify as atheist, I may identify as agnostic, or a believer (somewhat, this is difficult to explain the specifics of this without a long, verbal rant, and violent hand-gestures).
So after all of this thinking, and some discussion with Dennis (the minister for Dennis) and Ben (who was looking rather devious today, I must note), I have decided that I may have to re-label myself as agnostic. Crazy huh?
Then again... Hrmmm... Not sure about this...
I shall get back to you.
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1 comment:
Perhaps I should inform you that the terms 'atheism' and 'theism' are in reference to belief: theism- a belief, atheism- belief is absent. Whereas the terms 'agnosticism' and 'gnosticism' are in reference to knowledge: gnosticism- claiming knowledge, agnosticism- knowledge is absent. Following this system, there are four varieties of people: gnostic theists, agnostic theists, gnostic atheists and agnostic atheists.
You can create some leeway in the definition into which you fall by identifying as an agnostic atheist (one who holds no belief in a god, but makes no claim to absolute knowledge) instead of a gnostic atheist (one who holds no belief in a god and makes a claim that this is absolute knowledge).
Claiming to be an 'agnostic atheist' fits in nicely with the definition which you have provided (quite similar to 'Einstein's God') and may assist you in preventing yourself from being burned upon a large crucifix one day.
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