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Originally Posted by Daldolma
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Agnosticism is the belief that the existence or non-existence of a god is unknowable.
Atheism is a term that has come to mean a lot of different things. Negative atheists are simply non-theist agnostics -- there is no tangible difference. Positive atheists are dogmatic and irrational, and they are not agnostic. For the purposes of discussion, most people -- Carl Sagan, for example -- are referring to positive atheists when they refer to atheists. Denying the rationality of any belief in god is an example of positive atheism.
And no, I'm not getting anything confused. Rationality and reasonableness are interchangable. http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rationality |
No your modifiers are describing your word. Atheism is without modifier of course Positive and Negative make the word change.
Denying the belief of god as rational is not positive atheism, saying that god absolutely does exist without evidence would be positive atheism.
Atheism is scientific because to be an atheist you gather information and make a decision based on that information or lack thereof. This information can be tested and evaluated by your peers, and you draw a conclusion. Atheism is simply saying there is no logical reason to belief in a god or creator with the information available. Science has not been able to 100% disprove god yet so until then it is not logical to say i am positive there is no god.
The above method is an example of the scientific method in use. Which is why atheism is scientific. Anyone who says they are atheist without going through this method isn't a real atheist. They fit into one of those modified categories.
Try Logic instead of reason then.