What religion are you?

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What religion/belief are you?

Christian	23%	[ 29 ]
Atheist	33%	[ 42 ]
Jewish	2%	[ 2 ]
Muslim	2%	[ 2 ]
Agnostic	17%	[ 21 ]
Buddhist	3%	[ 4 ]
Hindu	1%	[ 1 ]
Other	20%	[ 26 ]

Total votes : 127

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14 Aug 2011, 11:49 pm

ValentineWiggin wrote:

A lack of belief in god IS the null hypothesis- the label of atheism isn't needed.
I don't know what the question has to do with "indecision",
but disbelief is perfectly-fitting, I think-
atheists, full stop, lacking belief in both god's existence AND non-existence.

Weak atheism draws a conclusion relating to justification of belief or non-belief in God. I would suggest, that in this thread, you that you have drawn the distinction in the wrong place. Since you are not answering the propositional question of whether God does or does not exist. If however you want to define your atheism as a justification or warranted belief or lack of belief position, then weak atheism becomes an apparent proposition. However as an answer to the existential question of God's existence, weak atheism furnishes us with no answer. The null hypothesis relating to ones justification for believing in God might well be weak atheism. However, the null hypothesis relating to the existence of God cannot be a lack of belief, because it can be a disproved and the null hypothesis MUST not be able to be proven. Therefor on the existential question, weak atheism is not the null-hypothesis.

Where I would draw the distinction is between epistemic atheism, question of can one be justified in believing or not believing in God, an answer to which an atheist would most likely be a weak atheist and the proposition does God exist, to which no is the only atheistic response; since the middle ground would be some form of indecision.

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15 Aug 2011, 12:53 am

I am closest to christianity, buddhism, and most of all, Judaism.

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15 Aug 2011, 2:37 am

I'm a life long Lutheran.

-Bill, otherwise known as Kraichgauer

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15 Aug 2011, 2:40 am

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15 Aug 2011, 3:27 am

AspergerLiam wrote:

An agnostic atheist is an agnostic who has more atheist view points about god. Atheists strictly believe god doesn't exist but and agnostic atheist doesn't believe in god but knows he can never prove this nor can anyone disprove this. Look it up on wikipedia you can find it there. Also thank you for the irreligious suggestion.

In other words, there may be a God, but more likely not?

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15 Aug 2011, 3:28 am

Kraichgauer wrote:

I'm a life long Lutheran.

-Bill, otherwise known as Kraichgauer

(high-fives from a fellow Lutheran)

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15 Aug 2011, 3:39 am

Tim_Tex wrote:

Kraichgauer wrote:

I'm a life long Lutheran.

-Bill, otherwise known as Kraichgauer

(high-fives from a fellow Lutheran)

-Bill, otherwise known as Kraichgauer

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15 Aug 2011, 1:05 pm

91 wrote:

Are you answering the propositional question 'Does edhsdvkl exist?' then?

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15 Aug 2011, 1:07 pm

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I'm a life long Lutheran.

-Bill, otherwise known as Kraichgauer

Did you watch Davy and Goliath on T.V. when you were young?

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15 Aug 2011, 1:58 pm

ruveyn wrote:

Kraichgauer wrote:

I'm a life long Lutheran.

-Bill, otherwise known as Kraichgauer

Did you watch Davy and Goliath on T.V. when you were young?

ruveyn

As a matter of fact, I did.

-Bill, otherwise known as Kraichgauer

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15 Aug 2011, 2:21 pm

Remember Jot?

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15 Aug 2011, 4:43 pm

I am an atheist, but have fluctuated in my religious belief. I have been an atheist for about 15 months now, give or take. it is liberaating to not have some deity breathing down my damn neck.

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15 Aug 2011, 5:00 pm

I'm not a religion, I'm a human being (just a about) [/literal]

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15 Aug 2011, 5:59 pm

Kraichgauer wrote:

ruveyn wrote:

Kraichgauer wrote:

I'm a life long Lutheran.

-Bill, otherwise known as Kraichgauer

Did you watch Davy and Goliath on T.V. when you were young?

ruveyn

As a matter of fact, I did.

-Bill, otherwise known as Kraichgauer

Davy was (is?) a schmuck. I hope you weren't.

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15 Aug 2011, 6:20 pm

ruveyn wrote:

Kraichgauer wrote:

ruveyn wrote:

Kraichgauer wrote:

I'm a life long Lutheran.

-Bill, otherwise known as Kraichgauer

Did you watch Davy and Goliath on T.V. when you were young?

ruveyn

As a matter of fact, I did.

-Bill, otherwise known as Kraichgauer

Davy was (is?) a schmuck. I hope you weren't.

ruveyn

Davy was a little kid - show me a little kid who doesn't come across as a schmuck. Plus, as I remember it, Davy was supposed to learn a lesson at the end of the story.

-Bill, otherwise known as Kraichgauer

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15 Aug 2011, 6:25 pm

Call me whatever the correct term is. Personally, I don't believe in any religion nor in any of their gods. I give god (Read: A creature that once created the universe for an unknown reason) low odds of existing.

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