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Does the term "agnostic atheist" imply that those who self identify as such should accept that it is reasonable for others to hold a belief in God or gods? This does not mean agnostic atheists would be obliged to find the justification given by every theist for their god belief to be reasonable. But we would at least, I think, have to acknowledge the possibility that their private reasons for belief in God or gods are reasonable for them. Do you agree?

MarkWD 7 Mar 23
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I identify, first and foremost, as a nullifidian--a person who has no faith or religious belief. Faith is an unreliable reasoning process which acts as a virus. To quote Peter Boghossian, 'faith is pretending to know things you do not know.' All should be inoculated against the virus of faith. As far as religious belief goes, religions and their clergy, scriptures, doctrines and creeds are, in my opinion, without value and even harmful, and should be jettisoned from societies.

From that premise, if there were a god, it/she/he is irrelevant and I have no knowledge of it/her/him, and I most certainly have no belief in it/her/him. Lacking knowledge of a deity defines me as an agnostic, while lacking a belief in such defines me as an atheist. I don't really care either way ... I'm just a nullifidian.

I'm definitely not a nullifidian. I have a high regard for the gifts of the intuitive mind. I don't depend on it for tasks best left to the rational mind, but I definitely have faith in it because, as a creative person , I know where my bread gets buttered.

@MarkWD While some of us may be more talented (subjectively), we are all creative persons. What do you mean by "gifts of the intuitive mind?" And when you say that you "know where your bread gets buttered," are you saying that it is not on "tasks best left to the rational mind?" In other words, is your bread buttered (i.e., salary paid) by irrationality?

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I don’t actually care what anyone else believes, unless it hurts someone else without their consent.
Agnostic to me is the ability to not care about things that don’t matter to me, and prioritise the things that do: there’s a great freedom in that.
Sometimes others’ beliefs interest me, often these days, they don’t. Some beliefs I respect, others I find it very difficult to, but I try and get along with everyone as best I can.

Beliefs have consequences. Incorrect, inaccurate and ignorant beliefs by the public are, in a democracy, harmful. Further, these beliefs may be transmitted to unwilling offspring. A laissez-faire attitude regarding belief seems, on the face of it, to be all friendly and chill, but it ignores the harm to society of the acceptance of bad ideas.

@p-nullifidian yes, hence the first sentence of my comment 😉

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The guy in the institution who thinks he is napoleon finds his bekiefs reasonable. It doesn't matter what we nonbelievers call ourselves. Believers believe and therefore find their beliefs reasonable. Users use them and either do not actually believe or have made themselves believe that there js a god who wants them each to have a orivate jet or two. What has any of that got to do with what we call ourselves?

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