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J_William_Ryan

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28. 'Agnostic: someone whose position is that we don't, and likely cannot, know if there is a "god"'
Sun Mar 9, 2025, 04:03 PM
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It depends on what is meant by ‘god,’ of course; man created religion and later ‘gods’ and ‘god’ – it exists as a human construct.

But there is no ‘god’ as perceived by theists; there is no omnipotent extraterrestrial deity that hears prayers, intercedes on the behalf of humans, and issues edicts of religious dogma that must be believed lest transgressors are consigned to eternal damnation – that ‘god’ does not exist.

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'Agnostic: someone whose position is that we don't, and likely cannot, know if there is a "god"' J_William_Ryan Sunday #28
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