Teacher Fired: Said Bible Is Not Literal

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Originally Posted by monster

ummm....if you believe there is not god, then you do deny that it is a possibility. Have you no logic? If you're pretty sure there isn't a god, but not 100%, agnostic is probably closer to the mark.

You have to recognize a god to deny it. If someone is raised in an environment where a god is not even mentioned, how would you label that person? They can not be an atheist according to you because they need to deny a god, but that person can not do that because they have no god to deny. They would not be considered agnostic for the same reasons.

And no, just because you do not believe in a god does not mean you rule out all possibility for the same reason evolution and gravity are still considered a theories, lack of universal evidence. I am basically positive there is no god but I do not have the universal proof to back it up with, so I will not be arrogant enough to deny it.

Belief has nothing to do with evidence so it is very possible to believe in something but say you do not have the universal proof to prove it, gravity for example. When you change it to negative terms it works the same way, I believe there is no god but I do not have evidence to universally disprove god, so I am not going to deny it.

You're mistaken to call yourself an atheist.

I don't call myself an atheist, I call myself a non-theist for this exact reason.