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To: xm177e2
Atheists don't have religion, we're without religion, we believe in no religion.

Yes. But by saying there is no God, you have made a categorical statement about the nature of existence as metaphysical, theological and doctrinal as fundamentalists who believe God speaks to them. The only way to avoid making a theological claim is to be an agnostic.

38 posted on 02/12/2002 12:48:19 PM PST by LarryLied
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To: LarryLied
But by saying there is no God, you have made a categorical statement about the nature of existence

You can be an atheist without denying the existence of God, all you have to do is deny there is any good evidence to believe in the existence of one.

42 posted on 02/12/2002 12:59:49 PM PST by xm177e2
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To: LarryLied
But by saying there is no God, you have made a categorical statement about the nature of existence as metaphysical, theological and doctrinal as fundamentalists who believe God speaks to them. The only way to avoid making a theological claim is to be an agnostic.

Yes. I'm an agnostic when it comes to small blue people living under my bed, who scamper out of sight when the lights come on, so I can't be accused of making a "categorical statement about the nature of existence."
45 posted on 02/12/2002 1:04:39 PM PST by BikerNYC
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