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Originally Posted by MarchHare
As others have mentioned before, there's not a continuous spectrum of believer > agnostic > atheist. Atheism and agnosticism address two different issues:
Atheist: "I don't believe in a supernatural god or gods."
Agnostic: "I can't state with 100% certainty if a supernatural god or gods exists or not."
I consider myself both an atheist and an agnostic. I absolutely don't believe in the God of Abraham, Zeus, Thor, Shiva, Osiris, or any of the other man-made gods. Moreover, there is no compelling evidence that some kind of supernatural higher power (a "cosmic prime mover" entity or similar) exists, but such a thing may be beyond our detection with current technologies and scientific understanding.
Certainly I think the possibility of supernatural forces existing is very, very, VERY unlikely, but I don't rule it out completely. If compelling peer-reviewed scientific evidence was presented that demonstrated the existence of a supernatural power, I'd be inclined to accept it. That said, I live my life as if there are no supernatural gods or a spiritual afterlife since there is no rational, logical reason to believe these things exist.
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your position is no different than mine...as mentioned I make my position based on an understanding of western based religions, Abrahamic in nature. I simply refuse to take it further than that because no-one knows anything outside of what we are presented with.
I can say with some confidence that aliens exist due to scientific explanations and the idea that there are other worlds similar to ours amongst the Trillions of galaxies out there....but I would not label any of that supernatural or god-like.