RE: Agnostics
August 5, 2016 at 3:05 am
(This post was last modified: August 5, 2016 at 3:09 am by robvalue.)
@All:
Personally, I define the position "I don't know what to believe" as weak atheism. It's trivially agnostic as well, because no beliefs implies no knowledge already.
Of course, if you define words differently to me, you'll call yourself something else. But you're still a weak atheist, to me.
A different position is "I don't know what I believe". That is indicating some actual internal disconnect, and says far more about the person than the issue at hand. I'd say that in such a rare case, the person is undefined pending further information. And again trivially agnostic.
And "I don't understand the question" is ignosticism, and is technically undefined also, I would say. I still call myself an atheist to avoid confusion, as this level of labelling is way past what the average person is familiar with.
Basically, "God" is such a meaningless word that there is no sensible answer to the general question. There are only answers to specific definitions.
Personally, I define the position "I don't know what to believe" as weak atheism. It's trivially agnostic as well, because no beliefs implies no knowledge already.
Of course, if you define words differently to me, you'll call yourself something else. But you're still a weak atheist, to me.
A different position is "I don't know what I believe". That is indicating some actual internal disconnect, and says far more about the person than the issue at hand. I'd say that in such a rare case, the person is undefined pending further information. And again trivially agnostic.
And "I don't understand the question" is ignosticism, and is technically undefined also, I would say. I still call myself an atheist to avoid confusion, as this level of labelling is way past what the average person is familiar with.
Basically, "God" is such a meaningless word that there is no sensible answer to the general question. There are only answers to specific definitions.
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