RE: My blog
February 26, 2015 at 10:57 am
(This post was last modified: February 26, 2015 at 10:58 am by Dystopia.)
My objection is that a gnostic atheist is still an atheist. You are saying that "atheism isn't gnostic atheism". Doesn't the premise contradict itself? 
I'm confused rob. Basically you can say that the bare minimum is a lack of belief but I doubt most atheists are always agnostic, if we look at guys like Dawkins they are a 6.9 and sometimes a 7, a lot of atheists are also gnostic regarding the Christian god. I think you can say that you don't need to know anything to be an atheist, you don't need to be a strong atheist, but saying that "atheism isn't gnostic atheism" is confusing and it looks you're trying to differentiate people based on positions of knowledge. You see, I'm a strong atheist out of personal honestly but I'm an atheist as well. I'm still an atheist. If you wish, you could replace by saying that atheism is not necessarily the belief that there are no gods at all, but some atheists are stronger than others.
I've added more stuff on the previous comment
I'm confused rob. Basically you can say that the bare minimum is a lack of belief but I doubt most atheists are always agnostic, if we look at guys like Dawkins they are a 6.9 and sometimes a 7, a lot of atheists are also gnostic regarding the Christian god. I think you can say that you don't need to know anything to be an atheist, you don't need to be a strong atheist, but saying that "atheism isn't gnostic atheism" is confusing and it looks you're trying to differentiate people based on positions of knowledge. You see, I'm a strong atheist out of personal honestly but I'm an atheist as well. I'm still an atheist. If you wish, you could replace by saying that atheism is not necessarily the belief that there are no gods at all, but some atheists are stronger than others.I've added more stuff on the previous comment
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