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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How is accepting other possibilities "chicken shit"? I don't get the argument. As it's oh so brave not to believe. Are you in kindergarten? LOL[/quote]
I think most people aren't accepting other possibilities, I think they want to have a back up plan. I also think they think saying "I'm agnostic" isn't as grating or shocking as saying "I'm an atheist". Like it's so much easier to face a catholic and tell them, "I suppose you could be right", even when you know they aren't.[/quote]

Sorry, second pp, you're reading too much into this. Agnosticism is not "atheism lite," it's a different concept. There is nothing wrong with being atheist, but I'm not one. [b]For me "No one can know about God" is a more exact and correct statement than "I KNOW there is no God.[/b]" I think there's no God, but can't ever know this. Since I don't believe in intervention or hell, I'm fine where I am. FWIW I find it easier to say, "I'm not a believer" or "I don't believe" because hauling out the A-words usually ends with having to discuss all the semantics.[/quote]

Fine, but let's be clear -- no one KNOWS there is no god.  There may be some atheists who would say that, but I haven't met any -- and they would be wrong and if they said it to me, I'd point that out.  They can "not believe," they can "feel strongly" but they don't know that gods don't exist.  Please get that straight.  The next step from agnosticism is not "KNOWing" there's no god -- it's knowing that you don't believe in a god and feeling comfortable (or liberated, or whatever) using the word "atheist" to describe your position on god.[/quote]

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