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I don't think agnosticism can really be called reasonable anymore. We now know so much about the universe that believing in any specific deity, or even just a general sense of the supernatural, seems akin to believing into Russel's teapot. Being atheist and being open minded are not mutually exclusive.

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Let's assume that someone said to me that there is pink elephant toy behind my couch. That would be weird cause I don't own one, and it would be behind my couch.

But I would not be so stupid to go and tell everybody that I certainly absolutely believe that there is no elephant toy behind my couch. And I surely would not bet on it. Maybe someone broke into my apartment, and I don't know about it. (or I was wasted and thought it was funny)

I would simply take a stand that I don't know until I look there.

Thats atheism, except that it's kinda hard to go and look.

I don't quite get agnosticism. It's perfectly reasonable for me to say "Superman doesn't exist" so why isn't it reasonable for me to say "God doesn't exist" ? They're equally sensible statements...

It's actually more sensible for you to say "God doesn't exist," because at least it's possible to get two people to agree on exactly who or what Superman is.

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