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Can you be atheist and agnostic at the same time?

Can you be atheist and agnostic at the same time?

There is an agnostic atheism or atheistic agnosticism, and the combination of atheism with agnosticism which may be so named is not an uncommon one.

How do you pray if you are agnostic?

So here are four keys to praying like a Pentecostal… as an atheist.

  1. Find a good listener.
  2. Be real. When sharing our innermost thoughts and feelings with no one or no-thing, there’s far less pressure to maintain a facade or pretend to be better off than we really are.
  3. Let go.
  4. Listen to your heart.
  5. The Way Forward.

Can an agnostic pray to God?

Can you be agnostic and pray? Absolutely. I was an agnostic atheist from the ages of 8 to 18 & because I didn’t know if there was a God or not prayed every night just in case there was one & I could get to know him as the Bible says ‘Seek & ye shall find.

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Do we need a new atheism?

Fortunately, there is no real need for one, because the term “New Atheism” does not pick out some distinctive philosophical position or phenomenon.

What is the difference between an atheist and an agnostic?

Studies have found that both atheists and agnostics are surprisingly knowledgable about a variety of religions. Which begs the commonly asked question: what is the difference between someone who defines themselves as “atheist” and a professed “agnostic?” There is a key distinction. An atheist doesn’t believe in a god or divine being.

Is “strong atheism” a type of atheism?

This undermines his argument in defense of Flew’s definition; for it implies that what he calls “strong atheism”—the proposition (or belief in the sense of “something believed”) that there is no God—is not really a variety of atheism at all. In short, his proposed “umbrella” term leaves strong atheism out in the rain.

Are there any Stoics who are agnostics?

None of these Stoics appear to have been agnostics themselves but others may have been. What matters is whether they, and other Stoics, would have accepted that someone else could potentially be both an agnostic (or atheist) and a Stoic.