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No, Angola Has Not 'Banned Islam'. It's a Little More Complicated Than That.

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Blind Frog Belly White11/28/2013 8:21:46 am PST

re: #226 wheat-dogghazi

I beg to differ. From a scientific viewpoint, there is no credible evidence for the supernatural, and therefore gods, God, angels, demons, demiurges, ghosts, sprites, fairies, gremlins, nymphs, satyrs, unicorns, centaurs, Santa, the Tooth Fairy, the Easter Bunny, and the list goes on. As such, we can confidently presume that these things do not exist, other than as concepts in the human mind.

If you say we cannot know that God, etc., does not exist, then you are implying there is a possibility there is a God, etc. That’s not atheism, but agnosticism.

I disagree. Atheism is the belief that there is no god or gods.

Since most atheists are rational, they admit the possibility of the existence of a god or gods, just as a rational person admits the possibility that Evolution (for example) could be superceded by a better explanation.

Agnosticism is saying you don’t know if there’s a god or gods. I used to call myself an agnostic, until I realized that I just did it to avoid offending believers.