Agnosticism

Are There Really No Atheists In Foxholes?

Matthew Hutson | Posted 05.14.2012

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New research suggests that inducing fear of death at least makes atheists a little less entrenched in their beliefs.

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A Loss Of Family And A Change Of Faith

KidSpirit | Posted 04.26.2012

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In the year since my grandfather's death, my views on faith and religion have changed a lot. After much inward debate I have decided to give up Judaism and become agnostic.

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Is Buddhism Agnostic?

Thomas David DuBois | Posted 04.23.2012

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Ask two Buddhists about what they believe, and you won't just get two different answers -- you might get three or four. On the one hand, the sheer size and diversity of the Buddhist tradition makes it impossible to say what "Buddhists" think.

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The Illusion of Religious Choice

Joseph Rauch | Posted 04.11.2012

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I do not think raising a child without religious values bears more merit than raising a child with religious values, but the development is certainly worth looking into.

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My Family Fanatics

Elizabeth Boleman-Herring | Posted 05.27.2012

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My relatives might as well be pairs of Jehovah's Witnesses or Mormons -- strangers at the door -- for all they have to do with me. They ring my bell, as it were, several times a year, only to press my arm into a spiritual blood pressure cuff of their own devising: Am I saved or, as they suspect, not?

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Why The Universe Obviously Has A Creator (and Why Some Atheists Refuse To Even Consider It)

Rabbi Alan Lurie | Posted 05.05.2012

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To make the scientific claim that one will "go where the evidence leads," while not even considering the obvious possibility of a deliberate Creator, is to be intellectually dishonest at best.

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Richard Dawkins' Concession Not Quite Revelatory

Vlad Chituc | Posted 04.30.2012

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Prominent atheists such as Dawkins are understandably sources of controversy. But he doesn't deserve to be a needless target for manufactured controversy.

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The Journey to Unbelief

Nicholas Warner | Posted 04.24.2012

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As a humanist, I value the remarkable achievements of science and what we have come to understand about the universe and I equally treasure the human experience of that universe.

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God Endorses Unknown Ohio Man for President

Spencer Green | Posted 04.10.2012

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Following months of speculation, God has endorsed Edward Brimball, a resident of Shaker Heights, Ohio, as president of the United States. "God would l...

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Two Ways Of Thinking About Agnosticism: Hitchens vs. Dawkins

Christopher Lane | Posted 04.01.2012

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That Hitchens took a glass-half-full approach to agnostics is notable because it's sharply at odds with the line of his compatriot, Richard Dawkins, whose thoughts on agnostics are almost uniformly negative.

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Atheism: A Null Hypothesis On God

Christian Piatt | Posted 03.24.2012

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There is no way to prove or disprove the existence of God. Especially when we can't even nail down what exactly it is we're talking about.

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Akedism: For Those Who Don't Care If God Exists

Frank Gruber | Posted 02.26.2012

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Why am I an akedist? Let's put it this way: if God isn't going to make it clear to everyone that he exists, then, as I see it, it's his problem. He's the omnipotent one; why all the mystery?

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Debates About Agnosticism Are As Old As The Concept Itself

Christopher Lane | Posted 02.20.2012

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For science as for religion, the unknowable therefore remains a quandary. It serves as a reminder, Spencer says, of what is "utterly inscrutable" to us and likely to remain so.

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Why I Am Not an Atheist, Theist or Agnostic

Deepak Chopra | Posted 02.07.2012

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'War on Christmas' Soldiers Have No Foe

Roy Speckhardt | Posted 02.07.2012

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The main target of this effort by the religious right is not an enemy looking to eliminate Christmas, as a word or a holiday. The real target is their existing audience of supporters.

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Doing Justice To Agnosticism

Christopher Lane | Posted 02.02.2012

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Standing capably and forcefully for the benefit and necessity of doubt, it dealt a blow to dogma and certainty, whether about faith or unbelief.

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Why We're Announcing Two Atheist-Led Initiatives at Park51 Islamic Center

Chris Stedman | Posted 01.14.2012

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This idea that nonreligious people do not gather, both as a moral community and in cooperation with the religious, is entirely without merit.

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Atheists Invade Houston

Victor Stenger | Posted 12.17.2011

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On Oct. 7-8, Houston was invaded by some 700 atheists, agnostics, humanists and other unclassified nonbelievers for the annual Texas Freethought Convention.

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Notes From A Black Agnostic: 'Like Being A Foreigner In Your Own Homeland'

The Loop21 | William Jelani Cobb | Posted 11.08.2011

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To be a black agnostic is almost akin to being a foreigner in your homeland.Last fall, not long after I returned from a family trip to Jerusalem, we r...

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The Soulful Atheist

Dori Hartley | Posted 10.24.2011

Read More: Atheism, Belief, Agnosticism, Religious Tolerance, Atheism and God, What Is God, Spiritual Atheism, Atheist Spirituality, Religion and Science, What Is Spiritual Life, What Is Faith, Religion News

And as an "atheist," I can tell you this: I pray. I have faith. I believe in the cosmic consciousness. I live in gratitude. I am moved to tears by the beauty that is nature. I feel the intensity of great love.

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Where Did The Bible Come From?

David Lose | Posted 09.12.2011

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Since the early years of Christianity, various myths, legends, and even conspiracy theories about the origins of the Bible have enjoyed wide circulation.

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Why Do I Doubt Both The Atheists And The Theists?

Vincent Bugliosi | Posted 06.12.2011

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Even though I don't feel that a belief in God (theism) or disbelief in him (atheism) is unintelligent, I do feel that a certitude about either of these two positions is.

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What Does It Mean To Be Religious?

Rabbi Alan Lurie | Posted 05.25.2011

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It is time to raise the bar in the conversation about religion and faith, with the knowledge that most people, whether religious, agnostic, or atheist, truly do want to do what is right.

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Doubt Is The Faith That Binds Us Together

Jon M. Sweeney | Posted 05.25.2011

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It is increasingly clear to me that doubt is, in fact, the most important faith of all. Doubt invigorates faith, demands more of it, and causes us to ask more of each other.

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Pray For Prayer

Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 05.25.2011

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A belief in god is the ultimate proof that the believer is not comfortable with not knowing: faced with uncertainty, instead of saying "I don't know," believers make up answers like "It's god's will."

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