RE: Hi, an agnostic here ... just agnostic.
November 8, 2016 at 3:04 am
(This post was last modified: November 8, 2016 at 3:05 am by TheHuxleyAgnostic.)
(November 8, 2016 at 2:51 am)Jesster Wrote: I don't see why I should agree with Huxley's personal definition. Knock yourself out, though. It's really not just internet atheists who use the more common definition of the word. Are we going to be pulling out dictionaries here?
Well, it's not just a "personal" definition, it's the original definition. But, whatever you like. I just made my own personal comment. Not a fan of a-theist. That's why I don't use it.
Pull out some philosophy books. Even the Oxford Handbook of Atheism, admits the narrow definition of "atheism" is the common one, and "agnosticism" is no belief, either way. Pull out surveys, where more non-theists choose "nothing" or "agnostic" than choose "atheist". Even most of the people a-theists claim as a-theists, aren't using their word. Pull out theists, who still count as people who use words.