Ash Wednesday

[athoughtfulman]

I think that there is a difference between being convinced that God does not exist and being a gnostic atheist. A gnostic atheist KNOWS (i.e., has proof positive that is OBJECTIVELY undeniable) that god does not exist. As an agnostic atheist, I too am convinced, for all practical purposes, that there is no god. But I will not go so far as to say that I KNOW there is no god. Such a conclusion must be reached by FAITH, and I don't do faith.

I'm at the same point as you. Though to be fair, the two ideas are virtually identical. I'm an agnostic atheist and don't believe there is a god. A gnostic athiest knows (or thinks he knows) that there is no god and hence believes there is no god. The difference is in the way we look at it. I might be 100% convinced that there is no god, but I can't say that I know by empirical, observable evidence that god is not real.

What does a gnostic atheist use as his proof that there is no god? Can he actually find any? If not, why would a gnostic atheist be a gnostic atheist at all? Surely they understand that faith is not a form of proof.