The american voters have really outdone themselves this time

  • Phoenixz@lemmy.ca
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    18 days ago

    When you’re agnostic you’re just a closet atheist. It’s not that atheists are sure there is no god, we’re not, nobody can say that for sure. We can (and do) say, however, that you don’t have to worry about made up fairy tale rules, there likely isn’t a god. Just be a nice person and you’ll be fine.

    • allidoislietomyself@lemmy.world
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      17 days ago

      This is not true at all. That is why agnostic and atheist are two separate words with two separate meanings. I agree with the be a nice person part though.

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        15 days ago

        In practice they’re exactly the same. Atheists don’t say anything differently than agnostics

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      17 days ago

      I’m agnostic. Definitely not a closet atheist. I actually talk about God with my closest and most catholic friend regularly

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        11 days ago

        So do I, what’s your point?

        If you say that you believe in God, then you’re not agnostic. If you don’t believe in God, you’re an atheist. Atheist, agnostic, in practice it’s the exact same thing

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          10 days ago

          If I were an atheist then I would say there is no God, no afterlife, no soul, none of that.

          I am agnostic because I haven’t seen evidence that I should rule it out nor accept it as gospel. Pun slightly intended.