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Old April 13th, 2011 #19
John in Woodbridge
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Originally Posted by Karl Radl View Post
Atheism is by definition a religion (agnosticism is as well although that is more open to debate): what it isn't is a theism as it is the religious rejection of theist and deist hypotheses for various different reasons. There is also secular/political religion to contend with incidentally.
Interesting. I've heard some say that an agnostic is really an athiest as well (and vice-versa).

Typically most people like to believe they have supernatural powers - pray for miracles, guardian angel to protect them from harm, that sort of thing.
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