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Az Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-12-05 10:45 AM
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24. There are gods I believe do not exist
and there are gods I do not believe in. The multiplicity of arguments for god requires that atheists remain flexible in their approach to the question.

I do not have faith there is no god. I have quite strong beliefs that there are no gods that make rocks float in mid air all the time. I find sufficient evidence to refute the claims of other gods existances. I find insufficient evidence to accept the claim of still other gods. And finally of the gods I have not yet heard of I simply do not believe in them and will consider them further once I hear some claims for them.

So proclaiming that I, a person that does not believe in any gods, am proclaiming there are no gods is not exactly true. I am an agnostic in that I admit that I do not know the totality of existance. But thats not very infomative as I would suggest that everyone is an agnostic in that sense. I do know some gods do not exist but thats not really what the question at hand is. The simplest thing that can be said of me is that I do not happen to believe in any god or gods. That is I am without a belief in god or gods. I am an atheist.
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