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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: religion
« on: November 10, 2017, 04:28:33 PM »
Of course no one can be certain there is no god...for that matter I can't be certain I'm not in the Matrix, or the dream of a dolphin, etc. If "absolute certainty of the absence of a god" is to be taken as the bar for true atheism, then we may as well not even have the word "atheist" in the first place.
If certainty is the bar for any belief then everyone on earth would be properly termed "agnostics". Luckily we are able to recognize that language can afford a little bit more leeway than that.
If certainty is the bar for any belief then everyone on earth would be properly termed "agnostics". Luckily we are able to recognize that language can afford a little bit more leeway than that.