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Atheism's Definition - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
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RE: Atheism's Definition - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Gnosticism and agnosticism regards knowledge i.e. if its possible to know if god exists. Gnostics claim its possible to know that a god may or may not exists, while agnostics reject that claim. Atheism is the same regarding theism, but a question of belief. You, as a christian are a gnostic theist, you claim its possible to know god and it exists. I am an agnostic atheist, I reject the claim that its possible to know of god and reject claim that it exists. If I were a gnostic atheist you'd be right, I'd have the burden of proof to show how I know that no god exists. The most of the people here are agnostic atheists, some are gnostic, and you'd get no argument from them regarding that they have the burden of proof.
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RE: Atheism's Definition - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy - by LastPoet - December 3, 2011 at 11:38 am

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