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Lack of evidence for something is most definitely evidence that the thing in question may not exist. If that satisfies someone's belief and that person isn't trying to influence others, they still have the right to express that belief. I contend the burden is on theists being that they proselytise and wish to influence others. Don't you dare call my atheism and assertion that there is no God "a fallacy". If I can't espouse my beliefs on this site, without being condemned it's pretty frustrating. Agnostic.com is a predominantly atheist website. Where do these theists, posing as agnostics, come from with endless arguments about religion? I don't go on Christian websites and troll them.

barjoe 9 Feb 28
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Just because there is no evidence for something, doesn't mean it exist or doesn't exist. Say that no evidence means something doesn't exist is a fallacy.

For ME! I don't believe it! Am I allowed to my disbelief without somebody saying it's a fallacy? Why? If you fear your own mortality, cling on to that "possibility" and call my inner thoughts fallacy, if that makes you feel any better.

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I'm not sure if your being sarcastic...but are you actually complaining about agnostic and or religious people challenging your beliefs!?

Im an agnostic atheist and I think thinking something doesnt exist simply because there is a lack of evidence for it is...well a fallacy.

We all know of Black Swan events, so called that because nobody believed there were black swans because no one had seen one...until someone had and now there's evidence.

There are other possibilities too:

the evidence is already there but we simply arent making the connection. A great example of this is the loss of simultaniety of events (or reletivity) due to the speed of light being constant. It took an Einstein to show that two observers traveling at different speeds would not agree on the simultaneity of an event, and that thisneas due tonthe speed of light being constant. Maybe theist (or atheist) haven't had their "Einstein" yet and show us the obvious consequences of the evidence we already know.

Another possiblity is that evidence exists but we haven't found it yet. It like ly won't confirm any existing religions but it may confirm the general idea of theism. Its a possibility albeit low probability, but again if we are being honest: we say we simply don't know and leave it at that.

That's agnosticism.

There goes 30 seconds of my life that I'll never get back.

I'm not being sarcastic. Agnostic Atheist? That would make you an agnostic, but call yourself anything you like. I don't believe in any supernatural phenomena, psychic, clairvoyance, afterlife or any God. It's not a fallacy, it's what I think to be true. What I'm "complaining about" is people like you asking me if I'm being "being sarcastic" just because I espoused godless atheism. Feel free to think whatever you like. Don't answer a question that was never asked.

@barjoe
I'm an agnostic atheist. I have no knowledge that any god exist and I believe in zero gods.

@barjoe I find agnostics to be uber contrarians. Refusing to commit to either side allows them the opportunity to object to both, although I very much agree with your point that if the truth were known, most of them are really wolves in sheep's clothing.

@xenoview Your position is redundant. It is not possible to have knowledge that any gods exist because there is no credible evidence that any gods exist.

@barjoe @LovinLarge

Ah, classic tribalist behavior from you two. Lol.

You both are agnostic too but you don't understand how.

Fine. I'll educate you two morons.
Here's a brief primer on Agnostic Atheism:

You have to distinguish between 'knowing' and 'believing'. Knowing something to be true is different from believing something is true. It's subtle but important.

We can know thing from basic sensory experience, but a single pov experience can be unreliable, so we typically collect a variety of experiences and apply logic to make sense of all of them until we collectively find an explanation that satisfies all the variety of experiences. This is 'knowing' something is true. It's finding a unique unambiguous explanation based on ALL evidence.

Believing something is true does not require such analyses. The truth of the belief doesn't require evidence, can be based on partial evidence, often has multiple potential explanations that are ambiguous.

Now we can talk about agnosticism:

Agnosticism is concerned about what we unambiguously know about God. Atheism is concerned with what we believe is likely true, but we don't really have evidence for it.

Thus one can know that we truly don't know whether gods exists (agnostic), but still believe that it is unlikely gods exist (atheist).

Do you two understand now how someone can be an agnostic atheist?

And that both of you are agnostic atheists? 🙂

@MakeItGood don't like random strangers to define me. I don't fucking believe in God. I'M ATHEIST. I didn't call you a moron but you are.

@MakeItGood You certainly like the look of your own typing but I have zero interest in anything you have to say.

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The theists involved have to produce evidence of the fallacy because they are the ones making a claim. The fact that I am atheist (meaning without gods) is the only claim I am making. Most recently someone using the line "no atheists in a foxhole" wanted to know who I would cry out to. Nobody. It's nobody folks. If I see a bad unavoidable situation and say "Jesus" it is a swear word, not a cry for help.

Agree 100%

The no atheists in foxhole fallacy has been around since at least WWII.

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There's no evidence of any gods and nothing else in nature to suggest anything like a god is even possible. Until one of those things changes which I don't believe it ever will, the discussion of the possible existence of any gods is a waste of time and energy and I am a 7 on Dawkins' scale.

I am a loud and proud atheist and online and in real time. I am also an antitheist because of the role religion plays in war. Humankind must end religion before religion ends humankind.

A fine Sunday morning reminder to the fencesitters. Keep up the good work, brother.

Exactly the way I think.

The problem is that humans generally seem to like magical thinking. I used to visit Rick Ross's site which would post articles about cults. I found it eye opening that while most cults had a religious basis, they could also be centered around politics, business, and other nonreligious themes. Michael Shermer wrote about Ayn Rand and her Objectivism movement and discussed the cultish nature of this organization. My feeling is that while religion is illogical - no matter how logical some try to make it sound - human beings will find other subjects to center their irrational devotion on. Or in other words, people can turn nearly anything into a religion.

@RussRAB Thank you, you seem to be describing my theory that humans have a need for membership of some sort, a sense of belonging to something, and childhood indoctrination into religion has met that need for most people and they likely won't relinquish it until they have something to replace it.

Your point is made by the cons on this website who I go after at every opportunity for making factual claims without supporting evidence. Even those nonbelievers don't understand that evidence is the only way to distinguish fact from fiction. My theory is not that they like magical thinking but they don't appreciate the significance of the truth. As proven by the last presidential election, some people will sacrifice the truth for personal benefit.

@LovinLarge ...on your safety in numbers idea...it is very difficult to stand firmly ‘alone’ in our own truth. These people who need to be counted in ‘numbers,’ are often found quoting others to support their assumptions. It takes backbone and lots of practice to stand (out) ‘alone’ on what we believe.

@Freedompath You said it, sister! I've had Christians refuse to ever speak to me again when I told them I was an atheist. I've been in rooms full of people forced to defend myself as the only atheist. I explain my adamance this way: being an atheist is not a choice, it's just a fact.

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Those who have challenged me on my atheism don't tend to last long around here.
Most of them turn out to be hit-and-run believers.

However, it wouldn't be surprising that some have just blocked me. LOL

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I am with you. My strong feelings regarding theism and agnosticism have been frequently espoused on this website. Both,IMO, are variances of Pascal's wager.

I don't claim to be a scholar on any of these things. I remember endless discussions with @DangerDave calling me Gnostic Atheist. I'm an Atheist. Period. I don't have to prove my disbelief. I don't even want to hear "evidence" to the contrary. If I need to have these arguments on what I dare call an atheist website, I still have to hide my godlessness.

@barjoe Don't worry DangerDave called everyone that.

@Fernapple I never heard that term until he said it and I never heard it since.

@barjoe I think DangerDave deleted his profile. He became very upset during our discussion and wanted to "call the FBI" on me and "have the site taken down."

Here is the link below: (Because he deleted his profile his comments, of course, are missing.)

[agnostic.com]

@nogod4me He really freaked on me, because I assert that God and life after death is an impossibility. I don't think I have to prove that there is no Santa Claus, I just know there isn't. I'll say it, there is no God and I won't even attempt to prove it. If you disagree, good for you, I'm not trying to convince anybody of what I know.

@barjoe Yes, he has some issues. I think he is a believer believing in unbelief and calling it agnostisim.

A god cannot exist in contradiction, a god cannot be god and not be god at the same time. This is why these defined gods can be denied.

@nogod4me He liked to call people gnostic as and insult word, yet he pedaled a very gnostic form of humanism himself. In the end he said that he had collected enough on gnostic atheists, for the book about them he is going to write. Bet that will be and entertaining read. ( That's gnostic irony. )

@Fernapple what was more odd to me about the ‘dude,’ was when he came to the ‘mental help group,’....offering comfort, for our hurts and confusion. It was confusing to me.

@Fernapple Ahh yes, the book, he notified me of its existence. I'm sure it will go down in the "anals" of history as an exposé on the "gnostic atheist."

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