Noteworthy said:

Do you think that Possibilianism amounts to anything other than plain old agnosticism?

Possibilians take the possibilities to be primary. All possibilities are valid.

An Agnostic atheist can be considered as someone who believes there is no way to tell, but thinks that it is not worth considering any theistic views.

An Atheist Possibilian would be a person who thinks that there is some sort of reasoning that makes theism impossible.

The opposite to a Possibilian would be someone who commits to a believing or considering only a single possiblity.

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Silversoul said:

David Eagleman coined the term "possibilian" to describe himself precisely because he felt the word "agnostic" was too passive.  The difference between a possibilian and an agnostic is that where an agnostic simply throws their hands up and says "I don't know" or "There's no way I can know," the possibilian says "Well yeah, but what about this?"  The possibilian actively seeks to explore the different possibilities out there beyond what is currently testable.  Eagleman exemplifies this in his book Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives, in which he imagines several different afterlife scenarios.

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DieCommie said:

Can I be a plausabillian?

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Dusty Harpo said:

Seems like a fairly worthless term. Why do people without a religion feel the need to invent a new word to classify themselves?

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LunarEclipse said:

Silversoul said:

David Eagleman coined the term "possibilian" to describe himself precisely because he felt the word "agnostic" was too passive.  The difference between a possibilian and an agnostic is that where an agnostic simply throws their hands up and says "I don't know" or "There's no way I can know," the possibilian says "Well yeah, but what about this?"  The possibilian actively seeks to explore the different possibilities out there beyond what is currently testable.  Eagleman exemplifies this in his book Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives, in which he imagines several different afterlife scenarios.

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Seems an admission of defeat.  I don't know anything's possible that is.  First of all I don't know is a fact so why even say it.  It's like saying "OK you arrogant fairy tale telling religious idiot you were right".  Right about the first part but not right.

Or something like that.  It's a fact.  All possibilities are possible.  To cow tow to some fairy tale fiction like your fiction is really fiction seems retarded.

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