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What is your Definition of:

  1. Atheist
  2. Agnostic
  3. Spiritual
paul1967 8 Oct 9
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Atheist: I do not believe there is a god. This can also mean I do not believe in god.

Agnostic: without Knowledge, depending on very loose definitions on can not say that a god that by definition can not be perceived can not exist by definition.

Spiritual: anything and everything. The important thing here is if you say spiritual it will be misunderstood by the person hearing. This is believing that the metaphysical exist. By definition if it does not exist in the physical world it does not exist. the metaphysical is defined as that which exist outside of the physical and thus, by definition does not exist.

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Theist/Atheist: Those that are convinced or unconvinced in the existence of a God(s)
Agnostic: Those who are uncertain to the existence/nonexistence of a God
(Non)Spiritual: Someone who has some sort of innately spiritual belief such as the existence of a Soul.

You can be one, or all of the above, but you can't be a Theist and an Atheist at the same time, naturally. You can be an Agnostic Theist, someone who is unsure as the the existence of a God but still believes there is despite this uncertainty. An Agnostic Atheist, someone who is unsure to the existence of a God and, usually due to that, does not believe there is one. A Spiritual Agnostic Atheist, someone who fulfills the above criteria but is also convinced to the existence of Angels and Demons, just as an example. This is not a comprehensive list of examples and more variables exist, such as what could be referred to as a Gnostic (not the Christian denomination) someone who is convinced of the existence or at least the possibility or probability of the existence of a God(s).

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Atheist - Nothing supernatural at all.
Agnostic - Will believe in supernatural beings or "power" if evidence is provided.
Spiritual - A belief in a connection between other people an/or other living things. The connection can be super natural or instinctual. So, if instinctually based belief, even an atheist can be spiritual.

I do not see instincts as "supernatural" but rather are hard wired into (most of) us for better survival, and often use unconscious cues, which may or can appear to be supernatural at times, but can be logically explained once they are understood.

@icolan yup

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An atheist declares any suggestion of the divine or supernatural preposterous, whilst an agnostic recognizes their own falsifiable hypothesis regarding any (untestable) postulate and the spiritual wilfully accept the existence of systems which cannot, presently be subjected to scientific method. Neither atheists nor spiritualists observe scientific method, its very first rule is a falsifiable hypothesis.

This is your definition and it's valid from your worldview, but I will say that I disagree. Atheists typically don't view reality that way "in my opinion and experience." Theists make claims, Atheists reject those claims. When I'm told a God exists, I ask with what evidence do you assert this and the answers always lack a justification worthy of my belief in that claim. I think most Atheist hold this position and not this absurd disregard for the possibility. A teapot could be in orbit around Mars and Santa Claus could be real, but until you provide a valid reason for me to accept that, I will continue to lack belief that a teapot is in orbit around mars and that Santa Claus exists. The same can be said of a God, especially one man has interacted with and that this God inspired books describing his expectations of us and a description of himself.

Atheists do not say, "There is divinity whenever it satisfies scientific method," that is the literal definition of agnosticism. Atheists declare unilaterally, "There is no divinity," which is the literal definition of atheism and also breaks the falsifiable rule of scientific method exactly as much as theists do by declaring, "There is absolutely divinity."

If you think you're the atheist who's reasonable enough to accept divinity wherever it satisfies scientific method then you are not an atheist, you are agnostic. These are literal definitions rooted in etymology.

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