Message from @Philosophical Misfit
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and there may be other life in the universe too
"may"
absence of evidence is evidence of absence
the universe is big
and complicated
just because we haven't seen alien life
doesn't mean it doesn't exist
so I won't make an absolute statement about it
Again the burden of proof lies on the one making the claim. I can entertain hypothetical's all day but if it doesn't have evidence, there's no reason to believe in it.
I'm not making a claim really
I'm just open to the possibility
there's no belief in anything
its agnosticism
That's not what agnosticism is.
god may or may not exist = agnostic
god does not exist = atheist
Incorrect.
god does exist = theist
Agnosticism = the existence of a deity / deities cannot be proven nor disproven.
^
that's a stupid way of thinking
how would you know if something could not be proven or disproven
You can be an agnostic atheist, but most people who call themselves agnostics are fence sitters
that pretend "both sides are ridiculous"
Gnostic = thinks the existence of a deity can be proven
Agnostic = thinks the existence of a deity cannot be proven
theist = believes in a deity that is apart of a religion or/and involved
atheist = disbelief in all deities
no one uses the term agnostic in the way in which you just defined it
By the criteria of evidence....
except a small group of people
You have to dive into epistemology.
if that is the "correct" definition
@lemoncookie They don't, but a lot of people misuse the word "libertarian"
as well
You can be a libertarian socialist
uh
Gnostic can also refer to Gnosticism
the Demiurge n shit
it's not really misuse, it just means the definition of the term has changed or has multiple meanings
Gnosticism deals with knowledge lol
They think they can know
I'm an atheist, but I think most people here know that