Agnosticism is an artificial term made up by people scared to say that there's no god Outside of religion there's no such distinction, cause statements are based on facts (more or less), not belief. Noone claims to be agnostic on the subject of ufo, even though its nonexistence can not be proved. As long as proves of its existence aren't swown noone resonable will say that he "believes" in its existence.
Strange thing to say when there are tons of people who believe that UFO's exist, without actually knowing. No they don't call themselves agnostic on the subject, because that has a religious connotation.
This is assuming UFO stands for aliens.
This way all christians are gnostic atheists, cause they do believe that all forgotten gods from the past except theirs do not exist
Except they do believe in a god so they are theists.
My personal beliefs, are you agnostic if you genuinely dont care if a god exists or not? Cos i dont. It doesn't make any difference to me or how i go about my life. Prove to me that God exists? No shits given, it still doesn't prove any religions are correct or that worshipping said 'God' is necessary. Prove to me that there are zero 'Gods' or unexplained occurrences that we can't yet solve with science, good for you, you'll probably receive numerous Nobel Prizes for solving every single mystery. Still doesn't really change anything.
Mix of apatheism and agnosticism.
Yes, there are atheists who are douchebags, I've met my fair share of theists who are douchebags. Personally, I don't really care what you are, if I like you, I like you. If I don't like you, then I don't. Arguing over whether god exists with a theist leads nowhere, and it's not like I know anything anyway. However, if someone actually starts arguing with me on the subject, then I'll go along 'til both are exhausted on the topic. Rarely on the internet, though, since I can simply ignore that.
And Heskey, people have always been loud an obnoxious about their beliefs, that's nothing new. The topics only change over time. However, I do disagree that vocal atheists are extremists. So called militant atheists are. Atheists who are simply willing to argue religion when they feel like it's intruding on their lives in an unfair way are not doing anything wrong.
I'd take your point more seriously if you weren't so obnoxious about it.
God is not measurable, and thus can't be compared to physical phenomenon.
A surprising insight you have on the nature of God.
On the topic of religion causing harm. Yes, yes it does. That can't be questioned, really. But people are very good at finding reasons to do harm, so getting rid of religion would not change much. As an institution, I see no need in it, since I've yet to see God proven, but then again, if he ever is, it's good that we have the groundwork ready for massworship. I'm also not one to burn down the ship to get rid of the cockroaches. But, yes, it's painful how religion divides people in a way that causes so many problems. In school we had a turk and an israeli who simply refused to work together, since the turk considered her a zionist jew (not even joking). I realize, that's more of a political issue, but the entire issue is caused by a massive religious clusterfuck.
I feel that I don't really care what people believe, but people should be taught certain things. And one of those, is that even though they believe, they can't possibly know, unless they've had one of those personal visitations from god. If we could convince the majority of theists and atheists to sincerely admit that, then maybe people will be less willing to be idiots.
You only have to go to any youtube comment section on any video that discusses religion and you will find enough of both arrogant theists and atheists to last a lifetime.