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Can you persuade me from Agnostic to Atheist?
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RE: Can you persuade me from Agnostic to Atheist?
May 19, 2016 at 10:40 pm (This post was last modified: May 19, 2016 at 10:40 pm by Jehanne.)
(May 19, 2016 at 10:27 pm)Bella Morte Wrote:
(May 19, 2016 at 10:18 pm)Jehanne Wrote: I am an agnostic atheist, also; as always, Wikipedia has a good article:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agnostic_atheism

So you're really just an agnostic. Got it.

Read the talk page; atheism refers to belief; agnosticism refers to knowledge, hence,

"a-theism" = "not theism"
"a-gnosticism" = "not gnosticism"

A Gnostic is one "who knows".  Consider Dawkins' belief scale:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spectrum_o...robability

I consider myself to be around a 6; Dawkins is a 6.8 or 6.9, usually, Richard says he is the latter.
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RE: Can you persuade me from Agnostic to Atheist? - by Jehanne - May 19, 2016 at 10:40 pm
Can you persuade me from Agnostic to Atheist? - by KUSA - May 20, 2016 at 10:38 am
Can you persuade me from Agnostic to Atheist? - by KUSA - May 20, 2016 at 10:42 am

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