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cgod  ·  4428 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The God Hypothesis - The Advanced Apes

So you don't know if a higher power exist?





briandmyers  ·  4428 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I have no reason to believe any higher power exists; I have exactly as much faith in Yahweh as I do in Thor, or Santa. I'd be very surprised to learn that any of those are real. I'd be a bit less surprised to learn that some kind of god-like thing had created the universe - but I still have no reason to think that is so. I hope you don't think I'm trying to avoid the question; just trying to be clear.

I suspect you have assumed I am a gnostic atheist (i.e. one who knows that god does not exist). I am an agnostic atheist, as are the majority of atheists, I would guess. I claim no direct knowledge of the existance (or not) of any gods at all.