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Originally Posted by Thee Alex
Sounds to me like you're a rational, secular, atheist Les.
The universe doesn't need a god, doesn't show any evidence of containing a god, and 'god' 'himself' seems to be a projection of rather base human characteristics (whichever religion people believe in).
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Certainly, I agree with you and I usually describe myself as an atheist.
My point is that, if pushed, I would have to concede that I cannot prove absolutely that, for example, Thor, doesn't exist. No matter how strong my suspicion that he doesn't exist is (and it's pretty fucking strong), it could never be proven.
As a result I'd have to, as much as it pains me to write the words, concede further that I believe there is always the possibility that Thor does exist. So I can't be an atheist. I must be a can't-know-agnostic.
My disbelief in God isn't absolute, it's based on the balance of probabilities from looking at the evidence and thinking about the logical implications.
An atheist, to me, is a person with absolute disbelief in God or Gods.