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Do you have to believe without any shadow of a doubt to be considered theist or deist?

Visa versa for atheists:

Do you have to disbelief without a shadow of a doubt to be considered an atheist?

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  • 1 decade ago
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    Faith grows and evolves over time. There are certain things that confuse me and cause me to doubt Christianity, but I am still a Christian. Some would say, your faith doesn't grow unless you challange it and ask questions.

    Theism and deism are more analytical belief systems, but I don't think your mindset has to be perfectly complete to be a deist. I think you can have misgivings as an atheist too. The mind and heart seldom stand completely still on issues of faith or unfaith.

  • 1 decade ago

    Yes & No. If you worship a Western Religion then "Yes" you have to believe. If you worship an Eastern Religion then "No" - you simply accept you are part of a mystery you can never understand in your life time - in other words you "Do God". To believe in eastern culture would be to imply and struggle against doubt your worst enemy.

    Atheists, Devils & Infidels are what Theists call other people who don't worship their God.

    The term Atheist simply means Not Religious, meaning atheists don't have to go into a Temple to have a religious experience they use the Temple on the side of their own heads.

  • 1 decade ago

    No.

    From an epistemological standpoint - you could technically consider everyone an agnostic, as 100% certainty is impossible (with relation to the existence of god). I simply choose to label myself an atheist instead of an agnostic because it more accurately represents my stance on the existence of god. Due to the astounding lack of evidence, I find it highly unlikely one exists. But I can't prove it "beyond a shadow of a doubt."

  • 1 decade ago

    No one is 100% sure no matter how much they say they are. Most they can go is 98% before they are considered to be mentally ill beyond that point. I consider someone who is practicing in their beliefs to be considered a theist. But technically if you want to be presice that would make them a weak agnostic AKA a theistic-agnostic

    Source(s): Im agnostic
  • ?
    Lv 4
    5 years ago

    it would look from the solutions and the reactions to them, that around 50% of folk who circulate to the religion appropriate questions are for God, and something against. i'm of the thought that it concerns not. stay a reliable existence an you would be superb. I doubt God might condemn absolutely everyone who respects ALL of 'advent', nor do i think of humanity might or might desire to do the two. playstation - earlier dissing the medical community, in the event that they did not do, humanity could be blind to maximum of God's advent. There are billions of galaxies, each and each with their supplement of billions of stars that should incorporate billions of existence helping planets. i think of God could be slightly annoyed if somebody refuted the existence of an staggering variety of his/her advent. This stated their remains plenty we don't be attentive to even approximately this worldwide. Come on religious people, technology gets you closer to the God you have faith in, embody it.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    No. One just needs the faith the size of a mustard seed...according to Jesus. The problem is that mankind resists and suppresses the evidence for the power and the love of God.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Interesting question.

    I think if there is any doubt or question involved, a person would be agnostic.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Theism - belief in a god

    Atheism- disbelief in a god

    really that's it. There's no super-secret-special-club or anything. It's just your mindset.

  • ?
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    Atheism is based on doubt and skepticism, not faith.

    merely lacking in belief does not require faith.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    I personally think so

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