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« on: August 07, 2005, 03:23:17 PM »
If you do not have a definite answer, just vote whichever way you're leaning.  If you really do not have an answer, nor are you leaning a specific way, you're just sad and don't get to vote.
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« Reply #1 on: August 07, 2005, 03:29:08 PM »
Write-in: The answer cannot be empirically determined, and the question is therefore moot.
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« Reply #2 on: August 07, 2005, 03:31:04 PM »
Quote from: Richard R. on August 07, 2005, 03:23:17 PM
If you do not have a definite answer, just vote whichever way you're leaning.  If you really do not have an answer, nor are you leaning a specific way, you're just sad and don't get to vote.

I guess I'm just a sad agnostic.  How can I come up with an absolutist answer to the question about God?  It's like being determined that there are 9,358,192,004,436,789,435,511,030,475 stars in the universe beyond the reach of our best telescopes.  I don't have the information available for such a definitive and arbitrary judgment.

If there is a God, then ok, I've lived my life well.  If God is actually an evil creature and willing to send me to hell for not being a member of a specific bureaucracy or sect of a church, well,  Him. [edit:  silly filters]

If there isn't a God, then ok, I've lived my life well and I can rot in the ground.
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« Reply #3 on: August 07, 2005, 03:31:09 PM »
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« Reply #4 on: August 07, 2005, 03:31:48 PM »
Quote from: Emsworth on August 07, 2005, 03:29:08 PM
Write-in: The answer cannot be empirically determined, and the question is therefore moot.
Don't be an idiot.  You can easily interpret the question as, "Do you believe God exists?"
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« Reply #5 on: August 07, 2005, 03:32:20 PM »
If you're agnostic, you believe that God exists.
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« Reply #6 on: August 07, 2005, 03:33:04 PM »
Quote from: Richard R. on August 07, 2005, 03:32:20 PM
If you're agnostic, you believe that God exists.

What?
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« Reply #7 on: August 07, 2005, 03:36:38 PM »
Quote from: Richard R. on August 07, 2005, 03:31:48 PM
Quote from: Emsworth on August 07, 2005, 03:29:08 PM
Write-in: The answer cannot be empirically determined, and the question is therefore moot.
Don't be an idiot.  You can easily interpret the question as, "Do you believe God exists?"
The answer is the same. The question is, to me, an utterly irrelevant and pointless one; others are free to feel differently.

If the question is, Do I have a positive belief that God exists, the answer is no. And, similarly, if the question is, Do I have a postive belief that God does not exist, the answer is still no.
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« Reply #8 on: August 07, 2005, 03:36:49 PM »
Quote from: Richard R. on August 07, 2005, 03:32:20 PM
If you're agnostic, you believe that God exists.

http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=agnostic&x=0&y=0

one who is not committed to believing in either the existence or the nonexistence of God or a god
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« Reply #9 on: August 07, 2005, 03:39:39 PM »
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« Reply #10 on: August 07, 2005, 03:44:13 PM »
Yes, I believe in God
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« Reply #11 on: August 07, 2005, 03:46:36 PM »
Quote from: Emsworth on August 07, 2005, 03:29:08 PM
Write-in: The answer cannot be empirically determined, and the question is therefore moot.

A bit technical, but that's similar to what my answer is. I simply don't know.
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« Reply #12 on: August 07, 2005, 03:49:10 PM »
i believe that God does indeed exist
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« Reply #13 on: August 07, 2005, 03:49:26 PM »
Then the answer for Emsorth and Dibble is no. You do not believe in God, even if you are open to the possibility.
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« Reply #14 on: August 07, 2005, 03:51:18 PM »
Quote from: BRTD: The Poll Troll on August 07, 2005, 03:49:26 PM
Then the answer for Emsorth and Dibble is no. You do not believe in God, even if you are open to the possibility.

The question is "Does God exist?" not "Do you believe God exists?" - the answer for us is "Don't Know".
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« Reply #15 on: August 07, 2005, 03:57:50 PM »
Try the OED.
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« Reply #16 on: August 07, 2005, 03:59:32 PM »
Quote from: Lunar on August 07, 2005, 03:36:49 PM
Quote from: Richard R. on August 07, 2005, 03:32:20 PM
If you're agnostic, you believe that God exists.

http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=agnostic&x=0&y=0

one who is not committed to believing in either the existence or the nonexistence of God or a god

An agnostic is someone who believes that there is some sort of power out there, but not committed to a specific religion.  An atheist says that God does not exist.  That is what my OED says anyways, and that is what I'll go with.  Want to clarify your beliefs?
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« Reply #17 on: August 07, 2005, 04:01:15 PM »
Quote from: Richard R. on August 07, 2005, 03:59:32 PM
Quote from: Lunar on August 07, 2005, 03:36:49 PM
Quote from: Richard R. on August 07, 2005, 03:32:20 PM
If you're agnostic, you believe that God exists.

http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=agnostic&x=0&y=0

one who is not committed to believing in either the existence or the nonexistence of God or a god

An agnostic is someone who believes that there is some sort of power out there, but not committed to a specific religion.  An atheist says that God does not exist.  That is what my OED says anyways, and that is what I'll go with.  Want to clarify your beliefs?

No, a deist is someone who believes there is a power out there, but not commited to a specific religion.
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« Reply #18 on: August 07, 2005, 04:02:21 PM »
Quote from: Richard R. on August 07, 2005, 03:59:32 PM
An agnostic is someone who believes that there is some sort of power out there, but not committed to a specific religion.
Hmm, that sounds more like a deist or a non-denominational theist.
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« Reply #19 on: August 07, 2005, 04:06:19 PM »
Don't know, don't care.

(I voted no anyway.)
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« Reply #20 on: August 07, 2005, 04:06:31 PM »
Quote from: SE Magistrate John Dibble on August 07, 2005, 03:51:18 PM
Quote from: BRTD: The Poll Troll on August 07, 2005, 03:49:26 PM
Then the answer for Emsorth and Dibble is no. You do not believe in God, even if you are open to the possibility.

The question is "Does God exist?" not "Do you believe God exists?" - the answer for us is "Don't Know".
Like I said, try not to be an idiot.  I didn't phrase it properly, and I made it quite clear in the post to go with your instincts.
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« Reply #21 on: August 07, 2005, 04:07:24 PM »
Yes
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« Reply #22 on: August 07, 2005, 04:07:54 PM »
Quote from: Richard R. on August 07, 2005, 04:06:31 PM
Quote from: SE Magistrate John Dibble on August 07, 2005, 03:51:18 PM
Quote from: BRTD: The Poll Troll on August 07, 2005, 03:49:26 PM
Then the answer for Emsorth and Dibble is no. You do not believe in God, even if you are open to the possibility.

The question is "Does God exist?" not "Do you believe God exists?" - the answer for us is "Don't Know".
Like I said, try not to be an idiot.  I didn't phrase it properly, and I made it quite clear in the post to go with your instincts.

My instincts say "I don't know".
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« Reply #23 on: August 07, 2005, 04:09:27 PM »
Why make a flawed poll and then blame everybody else for it by calling them 'idiots'?
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« Reply #24 on: August 07, 2005, 04:09:49 PM »
Yes
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