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RE: Does God Exist? Kind of
I can't say i am an atheist , but i can't agree with what religion has become nowadays. How ever i do believe there is an unseen force playing...doesnt matter what you call it...God , Buddha etc , same one for me...
You have my upvote, but to clarify, the author and first poster are describing agnosticism but referring to it as atheism. It is a very common error due to the nuance of definitions. Atheism implies certainty in the non-existence of God, agnosticism is an uncertainty due to lack of strong information.
Thank you for the info...atheism as far as i know is believing in your own forces , believing that you can do anything without the help of any unseen forces. Or that's how one of my friends described it. I found it pretty accurate.
Here's the definition of atheist according to the first google result: a person who disbelieves or lacks belief in the existence of God or gods. This describes me perfectly, therefore I was not mistaken. However, the post is essentially about the imprecision of words, so kind of ironic that you're fixating on definitions :)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atheism
As you can see Atheism is the belief that no such Deity exists. Theism Is the belief that such a Diety does exist. Agnosticism is to not have the evidence to believe either with certainty.