To: Ronin
Since I am neither atheist nor theist, I have no personal belief in any particular divinity or creed, so I cannot answer your questions regarding attributes. Thanks for pointing out the spelling mistake. Sorry, but you can't be neither an atheist nor theist. You either believe in a deity, or you don't.
To: Mushinronshasan
Sorry, but you can't be neither an atheist nor theist. You either believe in a deity, or you don't.
Exactly right. Some atheists distinguish between 'hard' and 'soft' atheism (ie. the belief that there is no god vs. the lack of belief in a god). I suppose there is a difference, but simply saying, "I don't believe in any gods" has always been good enough for me.
To: Mushinronshasan
Sorry, but you can't be neither an atheist nor theist. You either believe in a deity, or you don't. Who made that rule?
I have no idea whether God exists or not. The universe obviously does, but science has not provided any ultimate answers that I can accept, so I refuse to rule out divine providence in some form. On the other hand, I am disinclined to believe that any human organization has a full lock on what is "TRUTH" either.
I simply don't know. And, not knowing, I refuse to decide one way or another. That may change in the future, but that is how I feel now.
95 posted on
10/17/2003 7:54:11 PM PDT by
Ronin
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