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color=#0000ff size=2> Alex Said: </FONT></SPAN><BR><BR><SPAN
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</FONT></SPAN>I would include myself in this number despite having stated
that my current belief (small b) is that there is a (ahem) 'God'.<BR><BR>Taking
into account that my 'God' is of the technological kind, be it Alien geneticist
or some kind of simulation programmer.<BR><BR>Also that the relationship between
myself and said 'God' does not involve any sort of worship, recognition or any
other bells<BR><BR>and whistles such as faith.<BR><BR></TT><TT><TT>Would I be
defined as a theist/polytheist? <BR><BR>Do we have sufficient language
terminology to discern the difference between myself and any conventional
religious follower?<BR><BR>Does my small 'b' qualify as religion?<BR><BR>The
terms 'God' and 'creator' do not sit well with me, neither do 'believer' or
'follower'.<BR><BR></TT></TT><TT>Is the real point here, the little b and the
big B. One being believed because of evidence and experience, the other because
of<BR><BR>indoctrination and blind faith?<SPAN class=093261802-28022008><FONT
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color=#0000ff size=2>Alex I believe that what you are describing is the big B,
by virtue that I don't believe you have undeniable proof of either an Alien
geneticist or that we are in a simulation. So therefore if you
believe it you are then basing the belief on faith because neither belief has to
this day been proven. There is no doubt that to you given your knowledge
and reading that these two beliefs are more probable that what
other religions that you know believe in but since you believe it and that
belief is based on faith not proof I believe it qualifies as a big B
religion.</FONT></SPAN> <SPAN class=093261802-28022008><FONT face=Arial
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color=#0000ff size=2>If you were not certain of the existence of the Alien
Geneticist or Simulation programmer and did not feel that there was a way
to prove or disprove their existence then that would make you an Agnostic I
believe.</FONT> </SPAN><BR><BR></DIV></TT></BODY></HTML>