I'm not as familiar with this British comedian as I am of others, but the points presented in this are still quite valid & tho they should have been clarified by now, obviously still need to be addressed...
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.I feel like this vlogger is a little too hung up on semantics. There are plenty of differences between atheists and agnostics, and that whole idea of "knowing," is just a small part of it. For me, personally, it's the sense of mystery.
Benthoven
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Jan 20, 2018
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I felt he was just responding to Mitchell's mis-understanding/characterization. That's how I took it, anyway.
I understand what Tyson is saying here, I do feel he's being a bit disingenuous, tho.
He's pretty funny. I will just enjoy the comedy and leave it at that.
silverotter11
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Jan 20, 2018
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David Mitchell is funny, and his sketch show was hilarious. But, yeah, he seems to assume all atheists are strong atheists. I realize we're all informed to some extent by our social circles and that we can have a misapprehension about a topic based upon narrow experience, but he seems to be on a crusade against the big, bad atheists without having a complete understanding of other people's atheistic views.
resserts
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Jan 20, 2018
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Can you imagine getting everyone to agree to these descriptors? That seems to be the problem.
RavenCT
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Jan 20, 2018
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Really seems straightforward to me, tho, Atheist, one who does not believe, usually for lack of evidence. Agnostic, one who does not have knowledge of a god. I consider myself an agnostic atheist, I don't 100% know, but I don't believe.
@phxbillcee When I first heard the term agnostic - it meant "Someone who does not believe in organized religion". So yup. Hard to define.
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