Post by KevrobPost by MattBAtheism is the belief no god exist.
Atheism is the LACK OF BELIEF in ghod or ghodz.
Post by MattBAgnostics just don't know either way
Some haven't made up their mind, but might, later on.
That is true if presented with evidence that is not just a belief.
Post by KevrobOthers think knowledge one way or the other impossible.
At this time maybe. Maybe we just lack the technology to know.
Post by KevrobNot everyone fits in your little boxes.
Didn't say they did but not everyone fits into the little boxes
supplied by the Militant atheist either.
Post by KevrobPost by MattBand have a open mind.
Many atheists, myself included, are technical agnostics,
as we are willing to change our minds, in the vanishingly
small chance that any supernatural beings exist, and can
be shown to be other than fantasy.
Yes I have seen on other atheist groups people who consider themselves
atheist that believe in souls and such just not God or gods.
Post by KevrobIn the interim, living as an atheist makes good sense.
Call that "practical atheism" if you will.
I can except that. When you get militant or try to use soviet type
agendas then I do take offense.
Post by KevrobOne can't sit on the fence about a question that can
influence the way one will live one's life. I suppose
one could, but "the unexamined life is not worth living."*
Why would it effect your life?
Post by KevrobKevin R
Socrates, according to Plato
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_unexamined_life_is_not_worth_living
Rationale
This statement relates to Socrates' understanding and attitude towards
death and his commitment to fulfill his goal of investigating and
understanding the statement of the Pythia. Socrates understood the
Pythia's response to Chaerephon's question as a communication from the
god Apollo and this became Socrates's prime directive, his raison
d'etre. For Socrates, to be separated from elenchus by exile
(preventing him from investigating the statement) was therefore a fate
worse than death. Since Socrates was religious and trusted his
religious experiences, such as his guiding daimonic voice, he
accordingly preferred to continue to seek the true answer to his
question, in the after-life, than live a life not identifying the
answer on earth.
Meaning
The words were supposedly spoken by Socrates at his trial after he
chose death rather than exile. They represent (in modern terms) the
noble choice, that is, the choice of death in the face of an
alternative.
Interpretation
See also: Trial of Socrates § Interpretations of the trial of Socrates
Socrates believed that philosophy - the love of wisdom - was the most
important pursuit above all else. For some, he exemplifies, more than
anyone else in history, the pursuit of wisdom through questioning and
logical argument, by examining and by thinking. His 'examination' of
life in this way spilled out into the lives of others, such that they
began their own 'examination' of life, but he knew they would all die
one day, as saying that a life without philosophy - an 'unexamined'
life - was not worth living.
Sound to me like he is saying one should explore life and have a open
mind. Basically to question everything.
To some atheist on here to have a open mind and question everything
makes one a troll. Then again I can say the same for Christian
Fundamentalist also.