Do you follow any religion?

I tend to feel that way, too.... I am not one to force my beliefs on others (i think I used to)... If someone asks me, I'll tell them, but I'm not one to stand on a corner and profess 'my' truths, etc... I'm all for peace of mind and happiness for people... Even if they might only be naively happy, at least they are happy.

eh, it sucks being forcefed anything, hence the "force" in the word.

that is true lol.

No, I don't. I've been an atheist for as long as I can remember. I've never felt like pursuing any religion such as Christianity, Judaism, etc. Sometimes I've found stuff such as Satanism, Nihilism, and other beliefs such as that to be interesting, but I still feel most comfortable calling myself an atheist.

<<<< bapticostal.

i can do all things in christ who strengthens me.

lol

Agnostic Atheist (with a touch of LaVeyan philosophies)

I didn't realize you could be both.....

I'd always thought that an atheist believes God does not exist, and an agnostic believes it's impossible to know whether God exists because it cannot be proven.

It means I actually don't believe there is a God, but i'm not completely sure.

I used to be Methodist, but I stopped believing in that shit. I just don't think devoting myself to anyone or thing that I don't know exists is worth the bullshit. I am Nihilist.

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FUCK THAT SHIT

I find the idea of calling oneself "agnostic atheist" to be quite contradictory. With agnostic beliefs you do not deny or confirm the idea of a higher being to be considered a god. With atheism you deny it's existence. You can't really be both.

m1:35 wrote:

I find the idea of calling oneself "agnostic atheist" to be quite contradictory. With agnostic beliefs you do not deny or confirm the idea of a higher being to be considered a god. With atheism you deny it's existence. You can't really be both.

That's actually a common misconception. The way I view it there; Gnosticism and Agnosticism, both serve as an axis on how you place yourself ideaologically, while you have your actual set of beliefs such as atheism or theism. Agnostic atheism, sometimes called weak atheism refers to the belief that you feel that there is no "god" or higher power but also don't deny that we have no way of confirming this and that it would be foolish to say or do so. As opposed to let's say strong atheism or strong theism where one claims they have knowledge as opposed to (a)gnosticism, whether that be atheism or theism. The agnostic theist example would perhaps be one like yourself you believe in a higher power, but don't claim you fully know, or adhere to a single viewing of which. Of course the spiral goes deeper that both atheism and theism, and the basic grid I'm going by might be a bit simplistic. The term atheism can actually have multiple meanings (even being as basic as lacking a belief in god, or irreligion), whether it be a sekptic like Carl Sagan (who could be put under the term agnostic atheist moreso) or let's say one like (insert vesti atheist here who goes by the traditional "rejectionion" or gnostic/strong form). Theism as a clump term ican also mean a number of different thing and tends to be divided or clumped together with deism, pandeism, pantheism, etc. Pure agnosticism usually is put in the context of not leaning one way or another, or not knowing for sure. I simple use the term agnostic atheism as a way of shwoing people which way I lean ideologically. I don't care if people label me agnostic, either. I just switch the terms back and forth. I just live my life by this quote:

I am an agnostic; I do not pretend to know what many ignorant men are sure of. "
-Clarence Darrow

...the atheist thing is an optional add-on, that helps people understand more of my beliefs.

So... you're saying you're not sure but you're further on the side of "there porbably isn't anything there." And you simply add atheist so people won't get the misconception that you might be slightly optimistic, or at least idealistic, in believing that there is something?

m1:35 wrote:

So... you're saying you're not sure but you're further on the side of "there porbably isn't anything there." And you simply add atheist so people won't get the misconception that you might be slightly optimistic, or at least idealistic, in believing that there is something?

Well, I'm not sure I'd put it that way. I just think naturalism is the most likely correct conclusion. Like I said atheism can mean a number of different things, depending on you view it, to the point of agnosticism and atheism being interchangable in certain instances. I basically may use the term atheist, in some senarios where one may not be as familar with what agnosticism means, so agnostic atheism, just works to serve some practical purposes.

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