Re: Why call youself "atheist"?

Axel wrote:
> jojo wrote:
>> Samuel Spade wrote:
>>> jojo wrote:
>>>> Ted wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Whether or not you imagine some invisible sky pixie is moot. 
>>>>> Why label
>>>>> yourself.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> personally i am 70% agnostic and 30% atheist.
>>>
>>>
>>> An agnostic *is* an atheist.
>>>
>>
>> an agnostic is a theist without belief.
>>
> 
> no, an agnostic is simply someone who says he does not know if 
> there is a God (or God exists). an atheist is someone who has a 
> belief that God does not exist, or does not not have a belief 
> that God exists. the former relates to knowledge, the later to 
> belief. _Bart Ehrman_ describes himself as an agnostic atheist.
> 

that's very binary thinking, i am non-binary. i feel this whole 
universe and god and nature of existence lies on a spectrum.

for example, lets consider a 180 degree plane, at 180 we have 
theism, at 0 we have atheism and at 90 we have agnosticism.

i am near 90 degrees.. but like 80 degrees actually.