Saturday, October 14, 2006

Where on the spectrum do you fall?

1. Strong theist. 100 percent probability of God. In the words of C. G. Jung' I do not believe, I know.'

2. Very high probability but short of 100 percent. De facto theist. ' I cannot know for certain, but I strongly believe in God and live my life on the assumption that his is there.'

3. Higher than 50 percent but not very high. Technically agnostic but leaning towards theism. 'I am very uncertain, but I am inclined to believe in God.'

4. Exactly 50 percent. Completely impartial agnostic. 'God's existence and non-existence are exactly equiprobable.'

5. Lower than 50 percent but not very low. Technically agnostic but leaning towards atheism. 'I don't know whether God exists but I'm inclined to be sceptical.'

6. Very low probability, but short of zero. De facto atheist. 'I cannot know for certain but I think god is very improbable, and I live my life on the assumption that he is not there.'

7. Strong atheist. 'I know there is no God, with the same conviction as Jung "knows" there is one.'


I am probably a 6.
I want to say 7 but to me the whole point of being an atheist is not believing in something for which there is no proof. This also means that there is no proof there isn't a god also.

However I life my life as a 7 (or even an 8 or maybe a 9!!)

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