Theism, Agnosticism, or Atheism? Page 2

Started by Reck April 22nd, 2011 3:15 PM
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Theism, Agnosticism, or Atheism?

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Posted February 18th, 2018
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Being atheist or religious requires you to take a stance. Apatheism, through not caring, is not taking a stance on religion which technically comes under agnosticism.
But isn't agnosticism also taking a stance — that it won't be proven/known either way?

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Seen March 21st, 2013
Posted March 9th, 2013
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I guess i'd have to say atheist.
Unless God and/or Jesus magically floated down to earth on their clouds, I don't think i'd believe in them.
I just couldn't bring myself to believe whatever "proof" people will bring up, and without actually seeing God/Jesus/Buddha/Shiva/whatever deity with my own eyes, i'd never truly believe in them.

I'd love to say apatheism, because in the end, I really could care less.
It's not like it affects me anyway. But living in a Christian family, where relatives bring up God/Jesus as much as they do, I can't avoid it.

When I move out and start working and stuff, i'll most likely stop thinking about religion altogether.
It's just not important.
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Posted November 4th, 2011
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the Flying Spaghetti Monster? haha
You do know that this is a real life parody religion, right?
This is just stupidity in huge numbers of people.


As for me, my life started out with me being a theist, but that's because I was forced into a religion without any choice. I was a little afraid of denying the ways of the religion that was forced onto me, afraid of differentiating myself from others, and I never really thought about what I want or what I believe.

But that was when I was very young. Later on, as I wanted to break free, and stopped caring about it all, I became a mix of an apatheist and agnostic, mainly agnostic. But this was for a short while.

Finally, after that short while, I finally started giving it some thought and care before I conclude (as apatheists don't care or think about these things), and believed that I needed to find what I really believe and really want. After some research on the subject, I saw myself as a deist with very little deviations.

Deism in the philosophy of religion is the standpoint that reason and observation of the natural world, without the need for organized religion, can determine that a supreme being created the universe. Further the term often implies that this supreme being does not intervene in human affairs or suspend the natural laws of the universe. Deists typically reject supernatural events such as prophecy and miracles, tending to assert that God (or "The Supreme Architect") has a plan for the universe that is not to be altered by intervention in the affairs of human life. Deists believe in the existence of God without any reliance on revealed religion, religious authority or holy books. This idea is also known as the Clockwork universe theory, in which God designs and builds the universe, but steps aside to let it run on its own.
Basically, I believe in the existence of God, yes, but I believe that God made everything and is now letting it run on its own to observe what human being and others actually do when they are given the power of logic paired with emotion and free will. God does not intervene in any affairs of the physical world after the creation process either.
Moreover, I don't believe in most, if not all of the classic beliefs generally unique to religion related things, like the existence of other holy people, the existence of a guideline which we must follow, and all that.
However, I do believe that it is very nice, and even required of a person, to abide by some common morals and logic. Without such logic, things would fall apart.


tl;dr version: I'm a deist, i.e. someone who believes that God exists, but that all. In all other ways, they don't believe much, and couldn't care less.

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Posted March 11th, 2013
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Because on some sunny days I fail to understand the English language, and I become indecisive, I searched on Google for a test. This is the first one that came up. I just thought maybe people could post their results if they need help deciding as well as describing their beliefs?

http://www.okcupid.com/tests/the-agnostic-atheist-gnostic-theist-test
(Ignore the site name. Please. Oh, and when it asks you to sign up you don't have to, just click the next button or whatever it says it is.)

My results:
http://www.okcupid.com/results/the-agnostic-atheist-gnostic-theist-test/?var_Agnosticism=10&fromCGI=1&var_Atheism=14

I thought I was an Atheist. I try to have some faith in some 'high being', but it just does not make sense to me. I guess I just can't settle for something that has no concrete proof. To have faith in something means that you trust it, to trust something means that you believe 'it' will back you up and in turn, you will back 'it' up too. I just can't do that for something that I cannot find any decent scientific evidence for.

But to those that were saved in their time of need (and couldn't find help for whatever reason); it is wonderful to find those who find that their lives are bettered by having faith in a deity.
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Because on some sunny days I fail to understand the English language, and I become indecisive, I searched on Google for a test. This is the first one that came up. I just thought maybe people could post their results if they need help deciding as well as describing their beliefs?

http://www.okcupid.com/tests/the-agnostic-atheist-gnostic-theist-test
(Ignore the site name. Please. Oh, and when it asks you to sign up you don't have to, just click the next button or whatever it says it is.)

My results:
http://www.okcupid.com/results/the-agnostic-atheist-gnostic-theist-test/?var_Agnosticism=10&fromCGI=1&var_Atheism=14

I thought I was an Atheist. I try to have some faith in some 'high being', but it just does not make sense to me. I guess I just can't settle for something that has no concrete proof. To have faith in something means that you trust it, to trust something means that you believe 'it' will back you up and in turn, you will back 'it' up too. I just can't do that for something that I cannot find any decent scientific evidence for.

But to those that were saved in their time of need (and couldn't find help for whatever reason); it is wonderful to find those who find that their lives are bettered by having faith in a deity.
That's actually not a bad quiz, and it's not quite as biased as I thought it would be given the touchy nature of the subject. XD

My result:
Theist

-7% Agnosticism and -17% Atheism!

You believe in God (or a higher power) and you have a personal set of beliefs which reflects your faith. You don't, however, feel the need to judge others or convert others that you meet. You're more than glad to share your beliefs in the hopes that they might gain something from them, but even your beliefs are prone to change somewhat over time.
What's important to you is your own relationship with the Divine, however you classify it, and your own faith. You acknowledge that there are some things you don't understand about the Universe, but trust that your beliefs have given you some insight into the things that matter most.