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Or, invite them in, and (politely) try to pitch a conversion to atheism. I usually get sooo close, then you see that programming snap back into place (you'll se

Or, invite them in, and (politely) try to pitch a conversion to atheism. I usually get sooo close, then you see that programming snap back into place (you'll see their expression change to one of terror), and they suddenly have to leave really fast. Mormons are more fun for this, but Jehovah's Witnesses are a laugh riot.

a3n 10y ago
I haven't seen enough of the universe to feel confident that I'm correct in my atheism, and I haven't felt the hand of Nothing touch my heart and send me out to evangelize It.
- Aelinsaar 10y ago
  Would you like a phrase to quickly and easily describe that state of being? Apatheistic Agnostic. You're not concerned with the issue, it's too big and universal and we're too human. You're not convinced of anything, and frankly, since whatever does or doesn't come after this is inevitable and inescapable, what's the point of endless debate during our finite lives? Who knows?... and who could even know? No one, that's who.
  - a3n 10y ago
    > Apatheistic Agnostic Actually I call myself an apathist among my friends. I don't care if there's a god, but if there is one, I doubt if it cares about me, and I doubt that it cares whether I believe in it or not.
    - Aelinsaar 10y ago
      It's a pleasure to make your digital acquaintance, I feel the same way.
  - Cogito 10y ago
    How does this fit with the assertion that there is no evidence that the supernatural interacts with the natural in any measurable (and hence meaningful) way? It seems related, but stronger: "I don't know if there exists supernatural, however I have no reason to believe the supernatural will ever effect me."
    - Aelinsaar 10y ago
      You sort of have to come to that conclusion before you start down the apatheist road, I think. After all, any supernatural force that can predictably alter your world is going to rapidly become your god.
- cbd1984 10y ago
  > I haven't seen enough of the universe to feel confident that I'm correct in my atheism That's what atheism means: Lack of dogmatism. You're an atheist.
- cbd1984 10y ago
  This is how atheists define atheism.

a3n 10y ago

I haven't seen enough of the universe to feel confident that I'm correct in my atheism, and I haven't felt the hand of Nothing touch my heart and send me out to evangelize It.

Aelinsaar 10y ago
Would you like a phrase to quickly and easily describe that state of being? Apatheistic Agnostic. You're not concerned with the issue, it's too big and universal and we're too human. You're not convinced of anything, and frankly, since whatever does or doesn't come after this is inevitable and inescapable, what's the point of endless debate during our finite lives? Who knows?... and who could even know? No one, that's who.
- a3n 10y ago
  > Apatheistic Agnostic Actually I call myself an apathist among my friends. I don't care if there's a god, but if there is one, I doubt if it cares about me, and I doubt that it cares whether I believe in it or not.
  - Aelinsaar 10y ago
    It's a pleasure to make your digital acquaintance, I feel the same way.
- Cogito 10y ago
  How does this fit with the assertion that there is no evidence that the supernatural interacts with the natural in any measurable (and hence meaningful) way? It seems related, but stronger: "I don't know if there exists supernatural, however I have no reason to believe the supernatural will ever effect me."
  - Aelinsaar 10y ago
    You sort of have to come to that conclusion before you start down the apatheist road, I think. After all, any supernatural force that can predictably alter your world is going to rapidly become your god.
cbd1984 10y ago
> I haven't seen enough of the universe to feel confident that I'm correct in my atheism That's what atheism means: Lack of dogmatism. You're an atheist.
cbd1984 10y ago
This is how atheists define atheism.