Atheists : You are not an agnostic.What is the reason?

Question

Religions are based on faith.
Atheism is also based on faith. Atheists are sure and firmly believe that there is no supreme being.(conscious or not)
Maybe there is a humorous supreme being who doesn't expose himself.(by religions or else way) Watches our conversations on YahooAnswers and smiles.I know the idea is bizarre but can you disprove it.
Maybe there is an impersonal supreme being. Can you disprove?
Can you prove there is nothing beyond matter?
Isn't that the only credible statement : I can't know, I can't be sure

Answer 1

Atheism is not based on faith.

Your confusion is in the assumption that we only know things about which we're certain. Now, you're in good company, as you share that confusion with Descartes, but it's a bad way to think about this.

I am an atheist because there is no evidence for the existence of a god. That means that I can say that I know that there is no god, just as I say that I know that there is no Santa Claus, or Easter Bunny, or any lime green winged elephants.

Now, is there a possibility that I'm wrong about any of that? Of course. If evidence ever comes in for any of that, I'll consider it, and perhaps change my mind. Some would say that makes me an agnostic rather than an atheist, but that strikes me as a silly distinction. I firmly believe that there is no god, but that's not because I have evidence that there isn't, or that I have some kind of faith - it's because there's no evidence for a god. It doesn't take evidence against something's existence, or any kind of faith to believe that something doesn't exist. Belief and nonbelief are not two equally valid positions when there is no evidence.

If I were to only say that I "know" things about which I believe that I couldn't possibly be wrong, I would never be able to say that I "know" anything. I don't take such an absolutist position. Am I an atheist? Yes - I believe that there is no god, and I'm willing to call that belief "knowledge". Could I possibly be wrong? Yes. Does that mean that I should say that "I don't know that there is no god"? Don't be silly - of course not. No more than I should say "I don't know whether or not there are lime-green winged elephants".

Answer 2

You answered your own question.

But unlike what a lot of people think, Atheisim and Anti-Christ are NOT the same thing. I just wanna make sure everyone knows that. Like you said religion is 100% faith. People get (and LOSE) that faith with life experiance.

And a little food for thought, if someone can clone a human that will pretty much destroy what Christanity (and most other religions) believe/stand for.


***Captain Atheism
You have a HORRIBLE definition on what Atheism and Agnostics are...
(Simply Put) Agnostics believe that the question of there is (or isnt) a god is unknown and unknowable.
(Simply Put) Atheists believe that there is no need for religion because there is no god

Answer 3

Strong Athesim is the insistance that there must be no deity. Weak Atheism says "I refuse to believe without proof, and proof is impossible". The second part of that statement has been demonstrated to hold true by several thinkers, so an empirically minded Agnostic is no different than one who holds a weak form of Atheism.

Not all atheists believe there is nothing beyond matter. Buddhism, Taoism and Advaita Vedanta can be seen as atheistic religious traitions. I would say the idea of matter itself is reasonable but metaphysical, since we only have experiential access what is in our mind. We experience "matter" as it is presented to our mental screen. Ones own consciousness is the only thing with an indubitable ontological status. We are, ultimately, agnostic about anything else.

Answer 4

Do you believe in the tooth fairy, Santa, Odin, etc? If not, you must be going on only faith. WRONG. There is no proof of god, so that is proof he does not exist. You do not need faith to not believe in something that has no proof. The burden of proof is on the believer. This is because if you have to prove something does not exist for it to be labeled myth, anything any one makes up is true. You can not disprove the purple apes of the 6th dimension. We can only define our world by proving things, so no atheism requires no faith. I suggest you learn the meaning of words before you jump to conclusions.

Answer 5

There seems to be a lot of misconceptions about atheism and agnosticism around here.

My definition of atheist is someone that sees no reason to believe in a god. I don't claim to know for a fact that there ISN'T one.

My definition of agnostic is someone who believes there is a god, but none of the religions are correct on it.

That may or may not be Webster's definition, but it's what I've been told all my life, and I continue to view it that way.

Answer 6

The concept of a supreme being is too outlandish for me to believe it could possibly exist. Hence atheist, not agnostic.

Answer 7

Atheism isnt based on faith, u should get more inform then we could have a discussion.

And why r u trying to change us?? Have respect and tolerance for other beliefs

Answer 8

Agnostic = I don't know (most logical) There is so much we do not know.

Atheist = I know i.e. believe there is no god.

Everything we think we know is a belief. For what can we truly know? Everything is a matter of perception and I could be seeing blue when you see purple, so do we know what color it is?

Answer 9

In as much as I was not around to see how everything came into being (and neither were you),I say, "I don't know ..... YET!" To assume that some god, my less than intellectual ancestors made up, instantaneously farted the universe into being, is absurd

Answer 10

I'm an agnostic for that reason exactly. To deny the existence of a spiritual realm is folly (w00t - I used folly in a sentence)

There's something out there, I just don't think it likes us too much.