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Another God
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Agnosticism implies sitting on the fence. If you are sitting on the fence, it means you can't make up your mind either way. In a normal situation, sitting on the fence occurs because there is equally convincing arguments from both sides, and you don't feel you can fairly choose one option over the other.
If you feel that there is equally as much evidence for god, as there is against god existing, then you may be an agnostic.
As for Atheism, I believe there are two kinds. I call them simply strong and weak. Weak atheism is
'I see no evidence, so I have no reason to believe'
while strong atheism is
'I have looked, and there is no evidence when there should be. There is, therefore, no god.'
I used to be a weak atheist, but have since revised my own position on the matter, and decided that I was more accurately a strong atheist. If God exists, then we honestly, should see something, anything, which gives us some sort of indication of its existence. Instead we get nothing. I believe, that there is no God. This is a belief of mine, just as my belief that the sun will rise tomorrow, and that eating carrots is good for me. None of those beliefs are religions, they are just beliefs which I have justifications for believing.
If you feel that there is equally as much evidence for god, as there is against god existing, then you may be an agnostic.
As for Atheism, I believe there are two kinds. I call them simply strong and weak. Weak atheism is
'I see no evidence, so I have no reason to believe'
while strong atheism is
'I have looked, and there is no evidence when there should be. There is, therefore, no god.'
I used to be a weak atheist, but have since revised my own position on the matter, and decided that I was more accurately a strong atheist. If God exists, then we honestly, should see something, anything, which gives us some sort of indication of its existence. Instead we get nothing. I believe, that there is no God. This is a belief of mine, just as my belief that the sun will rise tomorrow, and that eating carrots is good for me. None of those beliefs are religions, they are just beliefs which I have justifications for believing.