Absolute certainty and being an atheist.

Absolute certainty when it comes to gods is impossible, therefore, why are you an atheist rather than an agnostic atheist.

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Permalink Reply by Stephen Walski on February 18, 2012 at 1:22pm

Yea the revision was already semi covered. What i want to know is why does that distinction mean anything to you and in what context.

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Permalink Reply by Unseen on February 18, 2012 at 3:34pm

It's interesting enough, apparently, to make several contributions to the discussion. How uninteresting does a topic have to be to drive you to ignore it and floss your teeth or rearrange your sock drawer.

In other words, I don't think you find it all THAT uninteresting!

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Permalink Reply by Unseen on February 18, 2012 at 3:29pm

Eric, why do people have beliefs about things they can't be certain about? Why can't someone be an atheist based on what they believe? I believe that no one has taken my refrigerator out of my apartment even though I'm visiting a relative and have no way to verify that fact. I'm acting based on the best evidence I have, which is how someone can be an atheist. I, too, believe that if many atheists were a little more rigorous, they should really be agnostic, but I can't blame them for being less rigorous and basing their belief on what they feel the truth to be.