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Doubting your disbelief?

Dustin Kesselberg

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Has anyone here distinctly doubted their atheistic or agnostic beliefs after having become an atheist or agnostic? I was wondering if anyone here has ever come to a period when they doubted their disbelief in the existence of God for one reason or another. People are always changing and it's rare for a person to hold a single belief their entire lives so I am wondering if anyone here has come upon let's say an argument supporting theism that made them stop and think that maybe their disbelief was faulty.
 
Yes

While my path to becoming atheist was long, and gradual, there have been times that I've questioned both the facts that led me here, and if I really disbelieve there is a god, or if it's something I'm trying to convince myself of.

I think that's why I continue to research the basis of my disbelief. I still look at both the Pro and Con arguments concerning god. I probably have more I.E. bookmarks set to Pro god sites than I do skeptic/atheist sites.

Having grown up with the assumption that there is a god, it's been a bit of a struggle to totally give the idea up. I guess it's more an emotional hanging on than a rational thought that causes me to question my disbelief, when it happens.

Anyway, I do on occasion wonder about my atheism, but fairly quickly brush the doubt aside by simply considering the many facts that lead me to atheism. :)
 
I'd question my agnosticism if £1million appeared under my desk...

*looks*

crappy God. :D
 
I don't consider it a valid question to ask whether I have questioned my disbelief. I question my beliefs all the time, and discard those found wanting. I also question beliefs that are presented to me for consideration, and keep those that I consider rational, discarding the rest. Being an atheist is, IMO, a process of continually weighing the evidence that is presented. In that sense, I am always questioning my atheism. However, I have yet to find evidence that has even come close to making me a theist.
 
Jon. said:
I don't consider it a valid question to ask whether I have questioned my disbelief. I question my beliefs all the time, and discard those found wanting. I also question beliefs that are presented to me for consideration, and keep those that I consider rational, discarding the rest. Being an atheist is, IMO, a process of continually weighing the evidence that is presented. In that sense, I am always questioning my atheism. However, I have yet to find evidence that has even come close to making me a theist.
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I don't have disbelief, I have a lack of belief. So yeah, I wonder if my conclusions are correct all the time. One of the advantages of working mostly by yourself, overnight is you have a lot of time to think abou things. Sometimes it's boobies, sometimes it's something clever for the humor forum, sometimes it's about the nature of the universe. I haven't come across anything that has made me change my position, but I'm certainly open to such.
 
I doubted Theism when I was a Theist.
I sometimes doubt Atheism, now that i'm an Atheist.
Reality is too big for my dime store mind.
 
I've been doing a lot of thinking the past few months concerning religion and I keep coming to the conclusion that Atheists, Agnostics and general disbelievers are simply missing the forest through the trees. We are examining each tiny aspect of our universe while not looking at the "big picture" to see how it all comes together in a way which contradicts our world view. I have been thinking about some arguments supporting a theistic world view for a while now and there are quite a few of them which don't fit into your typical theistic arguments but are quite convincing.
 
Let's drop the point about atheism because I don't want this to turn into a thread about the definition of Atheism.
 
thaiboxerken said:
I think the two terms are irrelevant, made-up, to simply impose a straw-man argument. There is only atheism. There is no weak or strong atheism.
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Really? Man you're pretty ignorant of your own position. Perhaps you should read this helpful Introduction to Atheism. You'll find the definitions to strong and weak atheism there.

And you're still misusing straw man dumbass.
 
Again people, Let's drop the point about atheism because I don't want this to turn into a thread about the definition of Atheism. It's totally irrelevant to my OP.
 
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