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Atheist, Agnostic, Deist, And Theist. Basic Things In Understanding Them by Omooba224: 9:22am On Jun 03, 2018 |
People tend to ignorantly term someone who doesn't belong to any "organized religion" as an atheist whereas there are different meanings to different religious terms. I would like to briefly explain the the religious terms. Agnostic: Someone who doubts the existence of God. A person who is uncertain whether there is God or not such thing. There are different forms of agnostic namely; atheist agnostic, theist agnostic etc Atheist:[/b]A person that doesn't believe in the existence of a deity called God. He believes that there is nothing like the Supreme Being. [b]Deist: This person believes in the existence of the universal Creator through human reasoning. He believes that the universe is governed by natural laws and God is not what most "revealed religions" portrayed him to be. The Creator doesn't involve himself in human activities and doesn't not have human attitudes. Theist: A person who believes in a god as a result of Scripture brought by His prophets. He believes that God sent prophets to this Mother Earth in order to send messages to mankind. We are monotheist and polytheist. Monotheistic religions are Judaism, Christianity, Islam etc. Hope these terms are now clearer? Nobody knows the true religion of God. Let's endeavor to talk and live in harmony among ourselves. Let's try to respect people's decisions toward religion. The best thing that can ever happen to mankind is LOVE |
Re: Atheist, Agnostic, Deist, And Theist. Basic Things In Understanding Them by IDRWFB(m): 9:34am On Jun 03, 2018 |
Omooba224:Op atheists are different from agnostics. Even your definition is conflicting. [b]Atheism is a belief |
Re: Atheist, Agnostic, Deist, And Theist. Basic Things In Understanding Them by frank317: 9:35am On Jun 03, 2018 |
Omooba224: Peoples.decision towards religion can never be respected with christians telling u that u will go to hell for not believing in their crap. Gone are the days when i was willing to respect beliefs .. right now if u preach me crap i will challenge u and in five minutes u will get ur self running 4040 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: Atheist, Agnostic, Deist, And Theist. Basic Things In Understanding Them by Winna01(m): 9:36am On Jun 03, 2018 |
Nice post and great explanation. But, which one are you? I'm a deist. |
Re: Atheist, Agnostic, Deist, And Theist. Basic Things In Understanding Them by Nobody: 9:46am On Jun 03, 2018 |
Winna01:Winner01 ?? |
Re: Atheist, Agnostic, Deist, And Theist. Basic Things In Understanding Them by IDRWFB(m): 9:53am On Jun 03, 2018 |
Akdegreat:Winner01 is a Christian. https://www.nairaland.com/winner01 That's an impostor. |
Re: Atheist, Agnostic, Deist, And Theist. Basic Things In Understanding Them by Omooba224: 10:25am On Jun 03, 2018 |
IDRWFB:Thank you for the observation. I said there are "atheist agnostic or agnostic atheist" and "theist agnostic or agnostic theist". A person is said to be agnostic atheist if he has no valid knowledge of the non-existence of God while an Agnostic theist is a person that believes a god exists but he is still doubting His existence because he has no knowledge about the god. Mind you "Belief" is different from "Knowledge".. |
Re: Atheist, Agnostic, Deist, And Theist. Basic Things In Understanding Them by Omooba224: 10:40am On Jun 03, 2018 |
frank317:That is where most religions are getting it wrong, you can preside over the judgment of your fellow human beings about God. Because you were privileged to be raised up as a moslem or jew does not mean others are God's forgotten/forsaken children. God doesn't behave the way humans behave. Your scripture told you that God destroyed some people because they are not affiliated to your religion. God doesn't take sides. He doesn't favour one party and destroy other party. Your religious decision is at your own discretion. There is no crime in credulity as well. |
Re: Atheist, Agnostic, Deist, And Theist. Basic Things In Understanding Them by Winna01(m): 11:13am On Jun 03, 2018 |
IDRWFB:I'm no impostor. mind your words. |
Re: Atheist, Agnostic, Deist, And Theist. Basic Things In Understanding Them by Winna01(m): 11:14am On Jun 03, 2018 |
Akdegreat:No, winna01. Two different persons. |
Re: Atheist, Agnostic, Deist, And Theist. Basic Things In Understanding Them by johnydon22(m): 11:15am On Jun 03, 2018 |
IDRWFB: I am sorry it is not that simple. It is a broad term for unbelief, so whether gnostic or agnostic atheism, both are still classified as atheism |
Re: Atheist, Agnostic, Deist, And Theist. Basic Things In Understanding Them by johnydon22(m): 11:19am On Jun 03, 2018 |
Omooba224: Let me help you simplify these terms.. Agnostic atheist: I do not believe in God but i'm uncertain if God exists or not. Agnostic theist: I believe in God but i'm not sure whether God actually exists or not. Gnostic atheist: I do not believe in God and i am absolutely sure no such a thing as God exists (More correctly put: I know God doesn't exist) Gnostic theist: i believe in God and i am absolutely sure God exists. (More correctly put: I know God exists) 1 Like |
Re: Atheist, Agnostic, Deist, And Theist. Basic Things In Understanding Them by IDRWFB(m): 12:01pm On Jun 03, 2018 |
johnydon22:Yeah, it's not that simple because we try to make things complicated. One is either a theist or an atheist, gnostic or agnostic. I don't need a concept map for this. |
Re: Atheist, Agnostic, Deist, And Theist. Basic Things In Understanding Them by IDRWFB(m): 12:08pm On Jun 03, 2018 |
Winna01:You may not be an impostor but perhaps the knowledge of his username gave birth to yours. My apologies. |
Re: Atheist, Agnostic, Deist, And Theist. Basic Things In Understanding Them by IDRWFB(m): 12:21pm On Jun 03, 2018 |
Omooba224:Totally conflicting @ the words in bold. I bet we should also define a theist atheist or gnostic agnostic. LMAO. |
Re: Atheist, Agnostic, Deist, And Theist. Basic Things In Understanding Them by vaxx: 12:29pm On Jun 03, 2018 |
Mumbo jumbo thread. |
Re: Atheist, Agnostic, Deist, And Theist. Basic Things In Understanding Them by Winna01(m): 12:51pm On Jun 03, 2018 |
IDRWFB:No problem. I got the name 'WINNA' from my initials( five names). |
Re: Atheist, Agnostic, Deist, And Theist. Basic Things In Understanding Them by winner01(m): 1:36pm On Jun 03, 2018 |
frank317:You haven't been challenging Christians here, you've been ridiculing and mocking Christians, even those who didn't preach to you. That's unhealthy. I remember my Teacher in junior school, warning me that I will fail if I don't study hard. I didn't challenge her and I'm better off. I can also decide to come down to your level, and be unwilling to respect an atheist who tells me: "I'm an accident of nature" or "when I'm dead, I'm dead" or "there is neither good nor bad" or "I shouldn't believe in a Creator" and other nonsenses. Be free for once dude. |
Re: Atheist, Agnostic, Deist, And Theist. Basic Things In Understanding Them by winner01(m): 1:39pm On Jun 03, 2018 |
Akdegreat:No, apparently winna01 likes the name and numbers. |
Re: Atheist, Agnostic, Deist, And Theist. Basic Things In Understanding Them by Winna01(m): 1:44pm On Jun 03, 2018 |
winner01:hahaha. It's just a coincidence; WINNA is from my name and I chose 01 'cause I thought I was the first. |
Re: Atheist, Agnostic, Deist, And Theist. Basic Things In Understanding Them by winner01(m): 1:45pm On Jun 03, 2018 |
Winna01:Ah...that's cool. |
Re: Atheist, Agnostic, Deist, And Theist. Basic Things In Understanding Them by Omooba224: 3:55pm On Jun 03, 2018 |
IDRWFB:I think you are still having hard time understanding these terms "agnosticism", "atheism", deism", "theism" etc. I think I have tried to explain them to you. If you are still not satisfied Google is your friend. |
Re: Atheist, Agnostic, Deist, And Theist. Basic Things In Understanding Them by frank317: 4:42pm On Jun 04, 2018 |
winner01: If an atheist authoritatively tells u that u came from an accident(whatever that means) oga, tell him to prove to u and if at the end of the day u dont understand what the hell he is saying , tell him to go to hell with his useless belief |
Re: Atheist, Agnostic, Deist, And Theist. Basic Things In Understanding Them by Omooba224: 7:08am On Jul 24, 2018 |
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