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Tip #48 I Define My Position, Not You
Jan. 24th, 2016 06:42 pmI mentioned, last tip, about the demand that I prove that God does not exist. In part, this comes from the notion that my position, since I self-identify as an atheist, must be that I have absolute, incontrovertible knowledge that God does not exist. That's not my position.
Despite the fact that that is not my position, I am not an agnostic. Rather, I don't self-identify with that label. Yet, many an apologist, professionals in their books on how to talk to non-believers and people just trying to convert me, will tell me that I am an agnostic and that an agnostic is someone who hasn't taken a position on whether or not God exists.
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Despite the fact that that is not my position, I am not an agnostic. Rather, I don't self-identify with that label. Yet, many an apologist, professionals in their books on how to talk to non-believers and people just trying to convert me, will tell me that I am an agnostic and that an agnostic is someone who hasn't taken a position on whether or not God exists.
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