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Originally Posted by Textcritic
How is the diagram in any way a straw man?
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I don't think the graph is a strawman. It doesn't presuppose that 25% of the population is within each quadrant or anything like that. But I do think the gnostic/agnostic distinction is largely meaningless. I don't see many proclaiming they "know" with certainty that god does not exist. (In contrast to those who as a matter of faith "know" there is a god. There is no room for doubt.). So athiesm to me is having a fairly high degree of certainty that there is no god, because there is no credible evidence of god. Say 9/10 on the certainty scale. Agnostics on the other hand connotes more of a 50/50 split. I am not 100% certain of the absence of a god, but I am way over 50% confident. Does that make me agnostic or athiest? Doesn't really matter what label you use, so long as you understand my position (and I use athiest)
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From HFBoard oiler fan, in analyzing MacT's management:
O.K. there has been a lot of talk on whether or not MacTavish has actually done a good job for us, most fans on this board are very basic in their analysis and I feel would change their opinion entirely if the team was successful.
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