-209 Agnostics are just atheists without balls, amirite?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

lolno

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Atheists believe that God absolutely //does not// exist. Agnostics believe that He might exist, but don't really care either way.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Well, I'm Agnostic and I simply think that no one really knows anything.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Wait, so basically what you said.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Agnostics acknowledge the possibility of a god existing or not existing, but it's not that they don't care, it's that they don't know.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Yeah, exactly. Like, I guess //some// might think he may exist and don't care, but I think they lean more towards atheism than anything else.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Well, atheists generally acknowledge that it's a possibility that a god exists, but don't believe that one does.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

There's theism, agnostic theism, agnosticism, agnostic atheist, and atheism. And some other extremes but those aren't important here. You're thinking of agnostic atheism.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Yeah, atheists claim to //know// that there is no god. They in no way acknowledge it.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Pardon? I'm an atheist, and I acknowledge the possible existence of a deity, but I pay my heed to the possibilities and I believe that the possibility of a god not existing is greater than one existing.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Ah, I see. I'm said that on behalf of my friends who say they are atheists. This is what all of them have told me- that they absolutely reject the possibility of there being a god at all.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I don't think any intelligent atheist actually believes there is //zero// chance of a deity existing, just that the chance is infinitesimally small so living your life devoted to that is ridiculous.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

...so you're saying that atheists who absolutely reject the idea of a god are not intelligent? hmm

by Anonymous 12 years ago

If by "reject the idea of a god" you mean believe 100% that a deity does not exist, then, well, yes.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Well I don't believe that necessarily means you are not intelligent, but it's a lot less reasonable.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I suppose it's more to do with common sense than intelligence.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

No, agnosticism simply deals with knowledge or rather lack thereof. Anyone who claims to know fully is an idiot or an extremist. The logical position is agnosticism because no one can know. Atheism, or theism deals with belief. Atheism, is accepted by most (generalized here) as lacking a belief. This is different from believing that god doesn't exists. The first is also known as weak atheism. The latter, strong atheism. The first listen to any claims made and says "prove it". The second makes claims of his own. The second is usually just as bad as those claiming god does exists.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I'm agnostic, and my belief is that if there's a god who wants me to know that they exist, then they'd have given me a sign. So far, no sign. Either god doesn't exist, or they see no reason for me to know they exist. Because I don't see following one person's ideas of morality should have to do with my probability of getting into a "heaven" if a god wanted me there. A god wouldn't have made me rational if they didn't want doubt.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

"A god wouldn't have made me rational if they didn't want doubt." Anon, that line is absolutely fantastic. Well done.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

My grandmother said the exact same thing. And then said she felt the same way about independents really being democrats with balls. Man I love that woman, so glad I get some genetics from her.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I personally am grateful I //didn't// get any genes from her.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

how exactly is an independent a democrat with balls?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

There's such a thing as an agnostic theist.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Wow, really? What exactly is that? Oh, and that's not sarcasm, I'm genuinely curious.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

It's similar to agnostic atheism. Agnostic atheist pretty much believe that there isn't a God but no one can //know//. Agnostic theism is basically the opposite where they believe that there's a god but they also acknowledge that no one knows for sure.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Agnostic theism is "I'm not sure if there's a God, but I believe in it." Similarly, agnostic atheism is "I'm not sure if there's a God, but I don't believe in it." Agnosticism is in the precise middle of that. It's "I don't know, and that's that."

by Anonymous 12 years ago

They believe there is a God, but that's as far as it goes. They think it makes sense that there had to be a higher power, but don't dwell on what he would want, worship etc.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Actually I do have guts or "balls" in my beliefs simply saying " I dont know" is gutsy in itself. Us agnostics take just as much as grief as atheists and i still chose to voice my belief. Thats pretty ballsy.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Personally, I think it's arrogant for humans to assume they know how the universe was created.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Can we use observable evidence to tell us what existed before the universe? My point was that humans are insignificant if you compare us to the universe and stating our theories as 100% fact is arrogant. There are many things we don't understand and will probably never understand.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Hi, Colbert! I've noticed you're new here. I guess I should give you a heads-up that down-voting all opposing comments is extremely callow. We try to avoid that here on amirite.net. Enjoy your stay!

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I was wondering why all of his downvotes had seemed to disappear. hehe

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Hahaha, wow seriously? I didn't even notice that!

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Yeah, I was looking through my comments and noticed his downvote disappeared. My first thought was "someone must have called him out..." hehe

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Haha, that's hilarious. And now he's going to get all of these notifications of us talking shit. Too bad he can't delete our comments like you can on Facebook... So sad. hehe

by Anonymous 12 years ago

IF YOU CAN'T TAKE THE HEAT, DON'T MAKE AN AMIRITE POST! hehe

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I think it's hilarious how all of our emoticons are simultaneously laughing. hehe

by Anonymous 12 years ago

hehe hehe hehe hehe

by Anonymous 12 years ago

It's almost as if we're... laughing //at// him! hehe

by Anonymous 12 years ago

In your original comment, you tried to warn OP about being callow. He, probably realizing you were right, undid his mistake. Instead of moving on, you continued to mock him and make an ass out of yourself. Tl;dr version: You gave him advice, and laughed at him for taking it.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

...Weren't you turned to stone? Also, I think it's more likely that OP undid his downvotes because he was called out on it, not because "Oh, I apologize, let me fix that l"

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Be careful of making assumptions. Neither of us really know his intentions. OhMyTicTac tried to welcome OP to the site, but probably ended up scaring him away.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

While I agree you should be careful of assumptions, that's always been my experience with users who something like that. If he didn't realize, then I apologize to OP. Good on you for listening. If he can't handle one comment like that, this honestly probably isn't the best site. He shouldn't leave, I don't think he will since he was on fifteen minutes ago, but this site has a lot of people that will gladly say things like OhMyTicTac. I don't think either one of us were attacking OP (at least not on purpose), most of this comment thread were jokes we were continuing.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

In OhMyTicTac's words, he was "talking shit". Sites like these are only as good as their community and first impressions go a long way.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Okay, Discord. You've got two things wrong. Firstly, I was being completely sarcastic when I "welcomed" him to the site. Secondly, you twisted my words. I did not say //he// was talking shit, but that he was going to look back on our comments and see that //we// were talking shit on his post. Using your own logic, check the context of a comment before you make assumptions as well.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

1) Sarcastically welcoming him to the site arguably makes you seem like more of an ass. Downvoting comments you disagree with doesn't make you callow. 2) I was refering to you when I said "he".

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I am an asshole. And you did not include the "he" in quotation marks.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Ooohhhh, you think I'm a //guy//. That's hilarious.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Today I learned I'm supposed to do research to find irrelevant and unimportant details about some self-acclaimed asshole on the internet. I'm going to stop responding, since you seemed to have given up on making any real point.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

...simply reading a comment is not what I'd call research. But okay. And I was stating a simple fact. //Obviously// you thought I was a guy since you said "he". I mean, that's just common sense.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

You turned this into bickering between little girls. It's beside the point to argue over the fact that I called you a man. The main point was that you were being an asshole, which you agree with. There's nothing left to argue over.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I'm not arguing over the fact that you called me a man. I was simply pointing that out. You're just continuing an argument that was practically pointless in the first place. So was //that// really your last comment, or are you going to prolong this "discussion"?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I'm all set.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Wouldn't an atheist without balls just be a female atheist?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Well, technically with that line of thinking, it would be a chick with a dick. Can't forget about that penis part. hello

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Then literally, all female atheists are actually agnostics.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Not so much without balls as much as with ignorance of what atheism is

by Anonymous 10 years ago