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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]To me, Atheist is someone who is certain there is no God.  Just like a religious person is certain there is.

An agnostic person doesn't know for sure whether there is a God.

Both generally live their lives as if there were no God.[/quote]

Im an atheist and I am not "certain" there is no god and know no atheists who would say such a thing. I certainly see no evidence for gods and no reason for believing one religious story (Jesus/mohammed/moses) over the other  -- I'm certain those are made up -- they certainly sound made up and involve believing in things that do not happen in the natural world - parting seas, rising from the dead,etc.

It's sort of like Santa Claus -- no grown-ups believe in him.  We know people couldn't exist at the north pole, and that reindeer don't fly and no one could deliver toys to everyone in the world in one night.  and we notice that Santa gives better toys to rich kids than to poor kids.  We don't believe in his elves, either -- we've never seen any -- but we can't prove they don't exist in some other realm.  We just don't worry about it.[/quote]

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