RE: What is Atheism?
March 3, 2017 at 9:17 am
(This post was last modified: March 3, 2017 at 9:17 am by Whateverist.)
I think "gnostic" as the opposite of the weak form agnosticism is problematic in as much as it already has an entirely different meaning. But then, that is nature of english. Words morph and do double duty all the time; one has to keep up.
Whether someone answers the "do you believe in gods" question in the negative because they think the non-existence of gods is a demonstrable fact or because they just don't really know or care what the concept of 'god' means, doesn't much matter. An answer of "no" puts you in the atheist bin.
The main thing is that agnosticism vs atheism has nothing to do with probabilities, and they are no where near mutually exclusive. Most people on this site are both.
Whether someone answers the "do you believe in gods" question in the negative because they think the non-existence of gods is a demonstrable fact or because they just don't really know or care what the concept of 'god' means, doesn't much matter. An answer of "no" puts you in the atheist bin.
The main thing is that agnosticism vs atheism has nothing to do with probabilities, and they are no where near mutually exclusive. Most people on this site are both.
