Sentences with phrase «agnostic than atheist»

She is a regular church - goer and a strong believer in God while he rejects what he calls the «supernatural,» though interestingly enough he is more agnostic than atheist as he does not wholly reject the idea of a creator.

That to me seems more Agnostic than Atheist.

I'm more of an agnostic than an atheist.

I'm more of an agnostic than an atheist, but I know other atheists and none of them are as hateful and deplorable as this Perce fellow appears to be from the article.

This why I see myself more agnostic than atheist.

Not exact matches

Many atheists will check the box «no Organized religion» or agnostic rather than describe themselves as atheist, as they are used to the discrimination that comes with the word.

Most atheists are also agnostics but it's very possible to be an atheist and still believe in a type of spirit or god existing, it's more of a deism though than anything else.

many times i find myself having more in common with atheists and agnostics and those of other religions than i do with the more conservative brethren in my own faith.

Historian Will Durant, who was an atheist or at least an agnostic, wrote that for the life of Jesus to have been invented if He didn't exist would be a bigger miracle than any attributed to him.

I know people who are not affiliated with any religion (agnostic, not atheist) that are far more humane in action than any number of «religious» people.

For example, François's new right - wing colleague, Godefroy Lempereur, introduces him to a nativist literature heavy on demographic studies purporting to show that «belief in a transcendent being conveys a genetic advantage: that couples who follow one of the three religions of the Book and maintain patriarchal values have more children than atheists or agnostics.

A recent poll / test showed that atheists and agnostics not only were, on average, more highly educated, but that they also know more about the Bible than Christians.

It would seem that atheists and agnostics deserve more credit than Christians for being «good».

There has never been a better recruiting tool for the likes of Atheists or Agnostics than the Bible.

And, you did tell us that you're certain there's no God when you chose to identify yourself as an atheist rather than an agnostic.

According to the work produced by David B. Barrett's religious statistics organisation (FYI, the man was a Christian no less) atheists number more than Jews, Sikh's, Shintos, Baha'is, Jains, combined, and if you want to consider all «non - religious / secular / agnostic / atheist» together, since the whole «non-religion» movement is kinda riddled with people who find conontations of words like «atheist» to be bad enough to not want to declare themselves atheist, you'll find the number of that non-religious group also amounts more than those religions plus buddhism, and taoism or even Confucianism.

I have no data to back this, but I presume that if someone were indoctrinated into religion and then escaped from it, they may be more likely to self identify as an atheist or agnostic and still score better than someone never exposed to it in the first place, who might self identify as «nothing in particular.»

Meanwhile the number of people to declare no religion, including atheists / agnostics, increased by more than 70 % over the same five year period.

As it turns out, the category of U.S. adults who do not believe in the divine is much larger than the category of those who describe themselves as either atheists or agnostics (likely because of the stigma associated with these terms).

The number of agnostic theists are probably much greater than the number of agnostic atheists.

Most agnostics and atheists were in your shoes, have studied the bible and more importantly the history behind it's composition but at some point most realized that the reason for the current focus of worship was no more valid than worshiping any other god.

And I can tell you from over a decade of counseling experience that I have found FAR more «self - loathing» (as I believe you are using that term) among atheists and agnostics than among believers of any faith.

at the end of the day i'd rather have an agnostic or atheist as president than someone who believes in some fairy tale, or thinks that god tells people what to do, or that religion is necessary for morals.

1 — You actually know a lot less than many atheists and agnostics do about the Bible, catholicism and church history — but still call yourself a Christian

You can't be black and be white at the same time any more than you can be jewish and Christian, or jewish and atheist, or agnostic atheist Baptist.

Canada has a much lower abortion rate with a higher atheist / agnostic rate than the US (and there are NO restrictions on abortion in Canada).

And because Christ has plainly declared that the way in which we treat people is a mirror - image of the way in which we treat God, the most ardent atheist or thoroughgoing agnostic can no more escape from Christianity than he can escape from life itself.

You actually know a lot less than many Atheists and Agnostics do about the Bible, Christianity, and church history — but still call yourself a Christian.

No massacre and abuse were so great than those done by atheists (communists) and their cowardly agnostic followers throughout the world.

As for my statement that it takes as much faith to be an atheist (or more) than it does to believe in God: 1) First of all we should clarify - by commonly held terminology you would better be described as an agnostic not really an atheist.

Consider being an agnostic, rather than atheist.

Even religious skeptics (atheists, agnostics and unaffiliated) at 36 percent were substantially more engaged in the race than evangelicals.

studies show that atheists / agnostics are generally less prejudice than their religious counterparts.

It is to the point where my agnostic friend would rather be inclined to believe in God rather than concede to the type of world view that an atheist runs with, which is by far the most deluded and unintelligent among them all.

We Agnostics are closer to the truth than today's testosterone Atheists will ever be.

I think atheists and agnostics have a problem with «Christianity» more than anything else... you rarely see them ganging up on Judism, Islam, Hinduism, Buddism, etc..

The atheist and agnostics understand that religions are nothing more than social control mechanisms to extract obedience and money from the plebs.

No surprise that atheists and agnostics know more about the bible than christians do.

Statistically, atheists and agnostics have more formal education than others and therefore inherently have a wider breadth of general knowledge and are more likely to question EVERYTHING, which makes it harder for them to believe in a higher power.

Atheists and agnostics are more driven by compassion to help others than are highly religious people, a new study finds.

His results, published in the scientific journal Intelligence, demonstrated that Atheists scored an average of 1.95 IQ points higher than Agnostics, 3.82 points higher than Liberal persuasions, and 5.89 IQ points higher than Dogmatic persuasions.»

Though white evangelicals have lower scores than Jews and atheists / agnostics overall, they do significantly better on questions about the Bible.

I score higher than Americans who are atheist, agnostic, Jews, Mormons, Evangelical Protestant Christians, and ordinary Catholic.

Why do Atheists and Agnostics have a higher suicide rate than Theists?

After all, the divorce rate is lower among (drum roll please) atheists and agnostics than among Christians - yes, lower even then Catholics!

The same study showcases «the percentage of Americans who are religiously unaffiliated — describing themselves as atheist, agnostic or «nothing in particular» — has jumped more than six points, from 16.1 to 22.8 percent.»

I am pretty sure Obama is agnostic, or probably atheist, and it is unfortunate that he has to pander to the black voter and pretend he is a Christian, rather than use his influence to raise consciousness in the community.

A recent religious test showed that agnostics and atheists scored much higher on knowledge of the Bible than Christians did and had more education on average.

1 — You actually know a lot less than many atheists and agnostics do about the Bible, catholicism and church history — but still call yourself a Catholic

«Also, while there are more people joining the atheist and agnostic ranks than leaving, it doesn't bode well for atheists that 60 - 70 percent of those who are raised atheist renounce their atheism.