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Concisely defining three types of atheism.
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RE: Concisely defining three types of atheism.
January 16, 2011 at 6:05 pm
Rhizomorph13 Wrote:
DoubtVsFaith Wrote:Technically if you genuinely believe God is exactly 50% probable you are both an agnostic theist and an agnostic atheist (type 2).

It's possible to be a gnostic atheist (type 3) and therefore believe you know God doesn't exist but nevertheless still believe he could have existed in the past or may come into existence in the future, in which case you are not denying his impossibility. That would be a rather odd form of gnosticism atheism but nevertheless still a form of it.

The Klingons have that kind of gnostic atheism. They know their gods existed, and they know thier ancestors killed them so they no longer exist.

Live long and prosper. And that sounds very Nietzschean.
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Concisely defining three types of atheism. - by Edwardo Piet - January 12, 2011 at 1:15 pm
RE: Concisely defining three types of atheism. - by xingli - January 13, 2011 at 1:08 am
RE: Concisely defining three types of atheism. - by The Skeptic - January 16, 2011 at 6:05 pm
RE: Concisely defining three types of atheism. - by GANIMEDE - January 16, 2011 at 7:11 pm

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