Atheist.
2007-06-27 12:23:40
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answer #1
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answered by deb35802 2
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If you do not believe in God then you are an athiest. An agnostic holds that God "may" exist - but that can not be proven.
Do you believe in reincarnation? That's a Buddhist belief. Buddhists do hold on to many deities including the demonic. So while you may like the chanting and the meditation, you wouldn't be one. Also since Buddhism is a religion and you don't believe in that. No Buddhist for you.
Do you know religion means community? Your religion is simply your community of faith. Many folks will say athiesm is not a faith and thus not a religion. But Atheists are just as community oriented as the rest of us. And they certainly do have faith. They have faith that life ends at death.
Your call.
2007-06-27 12:37:00
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answer #2
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answered by Max Marie, OFS 7
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Definitely atheist. Possibly agnostic as well.
There's a lot of confusion about what an agnostic is. Some people call themselves agnostic because they believe in a god but don't know which religion best approximates their belief. They are entitled to this belief, they should just get their own word and stop muddying the meaning of agnostic.
The core of agnosticism is basically skepticism. An agnostic (as the word is traditionally used and the meaning in mind when the term was coined by T. H. Huxley) believes that we can know things through empirical evidence. But if there isn't enough evidence to conclude that something is true or isn't true we shouldn't claim to know one way or another. Since we aren't aware of sufficient objective evidence to say gods definitely exist or definitely don't, we don't claim to know either way.
That's all it takes to be an agnostic. some agnostics add that we will never get sufficient empirical evidence regarding supernatural claims like the existence of gods, so we are going to stay agnostics.
Agnostics don't claim to know there's a god, but generally don't believe in any gods, we just don't claim to know for sure. Certainty without empirical evidence would require some other form of knowledge- such as that claimed by the Gnostics. We don't claim such special, non-empirical knowledge so we are A-gnostic.
There are two types of atheists- those who don't believe in any gods and those who claim they know there are no gods. As an agnostic, I'm also the first type of atheist- I don't believe in any gods. I differentiate myself when I use the term agnostic from those who claim to know there are no gods, I'm not that type of atheist.
You've given me enough to say you are an atheist. Whether you are agnostic or not would require more info. Do you know there are no gods? Do you leave open the possibility that there might be gods but figure there isn't sufficient objective evidence one way or the other to reach a definite conclusion? I don't know.
2007-06-27 12:38:05
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answer #3
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answered by thatguyjoe 5
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You are an atheist. An atheist does not believe in all of the things in which you do not believe. An agnostic does not know whether he believes in those things or not. Buddhaism teaches about the "No Thing." That means a void. Buddhaism is a discipline, not a religion worshiping God.
2007-06-27 12:28:32
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answered by Anonymous
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You may be agnostic if you lean towards the idea that a higher power MAY exist, if you are given ample proof. Real proof, not faith based. Belief in some sort of metaphysics, meaning some sort of life after death would also lean you towards agnosticism.
Without that key qualifier you fall into the atheist catagory. Keep in mind that many people believe that buddhism in and of itself is an atheist religion.
It sounds like most of what you reject is judeochristian teachings, minus number 8, religion. I'd like to hear what you define religion as, because I have a feeling that my definition and yours do not line up.
2007-06-27 12:28:47
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answered by Greg D 2
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Since you do not believe in the Judeo-Christian God, and I'm guessing you don't believe in any gods, you are an atheist. I hope you mean that you do not believe in the DIVINITY of Jesus Christ, since there is an awful lot of non-religious historical evidence pointing toward his existence as a person. Even if you do not believe in any kind of divinity, there is still a lot to be learned from the doctrines of many religions, both positive and negative, as you seem to have discovered in Buddhism.
2007-06-27 12:27:55
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answered by rainchaser77 5
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An Atheist is opposed to the concept of a supreme being. An Agnostic cannot conceive of the idea of a supreme being.
I am an Agnostic and believe that God is the power and force of nature - present throughout the universe and not controlled by a being but rather by the powers that we know as nature.
2007-06-27 12:27:13
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answered by Moondog 7
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You're agnostic.
If you're not against any of those and if you just don't plain believe in them then you're an agnostic.
Atheism is a denial and or disbelief in god and that's it.
Agnostic can "also" be a person who's unsure that god exists.
Some people only knows one definition about agnostics. Or you might be an Agnostic Atheist. I'm not too sure about the definition of this one though.
2007-06-27 12:46:45
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answered by Reaper 6
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if you believe in a higher power but not sure what it or have no opinion you are agnostic , you are athiest if you believe in nothing.
-----Atheism, as a philosophical view, is the position that either affirms the nonexistence of gods[1] or rejects theism.[2] When defined more broadly, atheism is the absence of belief in deities, alternatively called nontheism.[3] Although atheists are commonly assumed to be irreligious, some religions, such as Buddhism, have been characterized as atheistic.[4][5]
Many self-described atheists are skeptical of all supernatural beings and cite a lack of empirical evidence for the existence of deities. Others argue for atheism on philosophical, social or historical grounds. Although many self-described atheists tend toward secular philosophies such as humanism[6] and naturalism,[7] there is no one ideology or set of behaviors to which all atheists adhere.[8]
The term atheism originated as a pejorative epithet applied to any person or belief in conflict with established religion. With the spread of freethought, scientific skepticism, and criticism of religion, the term began to gather a more specific meaning and was sometimes used as a self-description by atheists.
------Agnosticism (from the Greek "a," meaning "without," and Gnosticism or "gnosis," meaning knowledge) is the philosophical view that the truth value of certain claims—particularly theological claims regarding metaphysics, afterlife or the existence of God, god(s), deities, or even ultimate reality—is unknown or, depending on the form of agnosticism, inherently unknowable due to the nature of subjective experience.
Agnostics claim either that it is not possible to have absolute or certain knowledge of God or gods; or, alternatively, that while individual certainty may be possible, they personally have no knowledge. Agnosticism in both cases involves some form of skepticism.
Demographic research services normally list agnostics in the same category as atheists and non-religious people,[1] although this can be misleading depending on the number of agnostic theists who identify themselves first as agnostics and second as followers of a particular religion.
2007-06-27 12:28:13
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answer #9
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answered by browneyedgirl482 2
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Atheist
2007-06-27 12:51:25
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answered by Anonymous
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From the information you've given, I can only conclude that you are agnostic. The ideas you mentioned are directly related to Christianity, though the last one is broad. However, God cannot be proven to exist or not exist, since God can mean any number of things. If it's something beyond our perceptions, we can't analyze it BECAUSE it's beyond our perceptions.
Buddhism doesn't really have much to do with this. It's very open and asks that you let go of your attachments.
So, you might be atheist, but the information you gave only leads me to the conclusion that you're agnostic.
2007-06-27 12:28:09
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answered by Skye 5
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