Re: QUESTION

On Wed, 10 Oct 2007 12:41:26 -0700, Midjis <midwinter_m@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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wrote:

>On 10 Oct, 15:49, Al Klein <ruk...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> One can be a devout, believing, agnostic.  It doesn't take atheism for
>> one to not make claims for which one has no evidence.
>
>Well, no.  But if one is wondering which is the right one, one
>probably does not feel a strong compulsion towards a particular one,
>and in most such cases one would probably be either atheist or
>agnostic

Or both.  One has nothing to do with the other.

>The point is that Bill's question has a reasonably straightforward
>answer.  The big question now is, can he or will he accept that answer?

The answer to the question "Do you believe in any god" is either yes
or no.  Unless the questionee doesn't understand his own thoughts.
-- 
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