how woud you call someone?

[cacian]

who does not believe in any religions or secularism but may or may not have some kind of faith that a higher being is.
In other words
what would you call one that is questioning the eixstence of a being?
and
another that realises a higher being is but does adhere to any of the religions,cultism, secularism evolutionrism and exitentialism?

I reveal my answer a bit later on.:p

[Bonsai Ent]

Someone who just believes in god but has no religious affiliation would be a "Theist".

But generally I let people pick their own labels and just use whatever they are comfortable with

[cacian]

Someone who just believes in god but has no religious affiliation would be a "Theist".

But generally I let people pick their own labels and just use whatever they are comfortable with

Hi Bonsai thank you for your post.
I was thinking that a theist would make it the opposite of atheist which I am not sure applies.
The reason is this
if it is a theist then there is always that possibilities of them becoming an atheist because the concept is there
a bit like a poor person might become rich tomorrow and vice versa.
The word I am looking for has not ins and outs and opposite words, there has got to be something else.
Thank you for your reply because it made me think.:p

[YesNo]

Perhaps "spiritual" would work? I'm not sure what the opposite is except "not spiritual".

[Jack of Hearts]

What you're looking for is 'agnostic theist.' Back when this reader was agnostic, that was where he landed at first. Had a whole journey through agnosticism, actually, pretty much both ends of it.






J

[JuniperWoolf]

Back when this reader was agnostic, that was where he landed at first.

What do you describe yourself as now?

[Jack of Hearts]

Born again fundamentalist.





J

[Pendragon]

I think that terminology is to call someone what they wish to be called. Most Christians I know when asked what they believe will answer with the name of a denomination: Baptist, Methodist, Catholic, etc. An person who doesn't believe in the existence of God term themselves Atheist or Agnostic. Islamic people refer to themselves as Muslims, worshipers of Buddha as Buddhists, of Brahman as Hindus, worshipers of the Earth Goddess as Pagan, Wicca, or perhaps The Old Religion. Voodoo is self-explanatory.

I would say Believers or Non-Believers would cover all situations. One either believes in a religious definition of God or else they do not.

Calling someone by a derogatory term is unfair and uncalled for. Best to use what they prefer to be called.

God bless

Pen

[cacian]

Born again fundamentalist.





J

what does that mean?

[cacian]

What you're looking for is 'agnostic theist.' Back when this reader was agnostic, that was where he landed at first. Had a whole journey through agnosticism, actually, pretty much both ends of it.






J

Maybe call themselves a person/an individual with different aspiration and nothing to do with religions or practices.
Just a somoene who prefers to keep god on a private side nothing more or nothing less.

[cafolini]

Hi Bonsai thank you for your post.
I was thinking that a theist would make it the opposite of atheist which I am not sure applies.
The reason is this
if it is a theist then there is always that possibilities of them becoming an atheist because the concept is there
a bit like a poor person might become rich tomorrow and vice versa.
The word I am looking for has not ins and outs and opposite words, there has got to be something else.
Thank you for your reply because it made me think.:p

A centipede, because there are no negative ones with -100? If you don like that one, I have others.

[cacian]

A centipede, because there are no negative ones with -100? If you don like that one, I have others.

Hey cafolini do go on haha what others have you got?

[Jack of Hearts]

I would say Believers or Non-Believers would cover all situations. One either believes in a religious definition of God or else they do not.



Some would find being called the negation of someone else's spirituality to be pretty derogatory; they may even call it inherent hubris. And the atheists who claim there is no such thing as agnosticism, that's pretty offensive if you're agnostic. We must be inherently intolerant of each other, waiting to swallow whole the next opposite that passes us, sometimes even in the smallest of ways such as word choice in defining the world around us- and it chases us back to our graves.

This is known as JoH's 'Pacman Theory of the Dogmas.'






J

[JuniperWoolf]

Born again fundamentalist.

Good choice.

[Pendragon]

Some would find being called the negation of someone else's spirituality to be pretty derogatory; they may even call it inherent hubris.

J

I certainly did not mean to be derogatory, but I see your point. I guess it's best just to ask them and then use their own self-chosen term

[DarkAntigone]

Probably Agnostic or Atheist but screw terms.. sometimes these terms are used to offend nonbelievers

[cafolini]

People purely imaginary. The context does not occur in presence other than that.

[cafolini]

Probably Agnostic or Atheist but screw terms.. sometimes these terms are used to offend nonbelievers

There occur no nombelievers. People always find themselves in situations where they must make decisions fast enough to base then on belief.

[Theunderground]

A man groping at deism?

[Patito de Hule]

who does not believe in any religions or secularism but may or may not have some kind of faith that a higher being is.
In other words
what would you call one that is questioning the eixstence of a being?
and
another that realises a higher being is but does adhere to any of the religions,cultism, secularism evolutionrism and exitentialism?

I reveal my answer a bit later on.:p

I'd call them by their name, if I knew it. Are you suggesting I should give them one?

[cafolini]

All persons are spiritual a-priory simply because they don't know enough to be otherwise. Giving someone a name implying a form of religion or nonreligion is a form of not telling the truths we all share, including when the name is given by the author him/herself. You people are all very transparent in case you still didn't realize.