(Depending on the definition of "God" being discussed)
2007-06-05 05:11:25 · 16 answers · asked by Eleventy 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Have you forgotten to include the apathetic?
Some folks just don't like to participate in the conversation and don't want to plug themselves into any hole.
I also know some deists that would also consider themselves fitting into none of these categories.
2007-06-05 05:15:14 · answer #1 · answered by NHBaritone 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There are "non-theists" who simply say it doesn't matter if there is a God. You see this in some schools of Buddhism.
Also, Taoists believe in a higher power but don't define it. They don't say it's God, but they don't say it isn't, either. A matter of definition. They can't necessarily be called "egnostic" because they believe this "something" definately exists.
2007-06-05 12:16:41 · answer #2 · answered by Nancy A 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no, I'd say that everybody is an atheist though... atheists to the gods they dont believe in. and not everybody is a theist or an agnostic toward any religion.
2007-06-05 12:15:26 · answer #3 · answered by funaholic 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
no. atheists don't believe in any god. agnostics believe that god cannot be proven or disproven. theists believe in a god. It is not possible to be all three as they would contradict.
2007-06-05 12:15:00 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pretty much....only being atheist has nothing to do with which god is being discussed.
2007-06-05 12:17:27 · answer #5 · answered by AuroraDawn 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, everyone'd be very confused in that case. Everyone's atheist, theist or agnostic.
2007-06-05 12:13:53 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
I think believing in a non-deity force at work would be none-of-the-above, wouldn't it? So certain pagan beliefs of life invested in all things would be different.
2007-06-05 12:15:02 · answer #7 · answered by One Voice In The Day Rings True 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope.
POLYtheist and "theist" are two very different things.
There's also pantheist, panENtheist, and HENOtheist . . . and all of those mean something quite different from "theist" as well.
2007-06-05 12:17:51 · answer #8 · answered by Boar's Heart 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Nontheist" might be a better term than atheist, since it's a less strict definition.
2007-06-05 12:16:12 · answer #9 · answered by Minh 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, yeah, everyone would pretty much be one of these three--either you believe in something supernatural, you don't, or haven't yet decided.
2007-06-05 12:15:26 · answer #10 · answered by ಠ__ಠ 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋