(April 3, 2018 at 4:55 pm)Mister Agenda Wrote:Catholic_Lady Wrote:But when talking about "God" (like the OP did), most people will assume you're referring to THE God. The one that the vast majority of people in the 21st century believe in. And you've already said you have disbelief in that God lol. So that's what people are going to think of, and that's what people mean when they get the impression that atheists have disbelief in God, rather than just not believing or disbelieving.
As of 2005, 54% of the world's population followed one of the Abrahamic faiths (about 3.6 billion people). Your mileage on what's 'vast' seems to differ from mine.
Disbelief: inability or refusal to accept that something is true or real.
I'm afraid 'disbelief' also covers both 'not believing' and 'believing not'. Disbelief is a fine description of the agnostic atheist position.
I appreciate that you're trying to clarify though, I think you've got the gist of it: most people probably do assume most atheists they hear from are gnostic atheists; but agnostic atheists can be just as vocal, though perhaps with slightly more of a tendency to be polite about it.
I was referring to the people who believe in a god of any sorts. Of those people, most believe in THE God.
"Of course, everyone will claim they respect someone who tries to speak the truth, but in reality, this is a rare quality. Most respect those who speak truths they agree with, and their respect for the speaking only extends as far as their realm of personal agreement. It is less common, almost to the point of becoming a saintly virtue, that someone truly respects and loves the truth seeker, even when their conclusions differ wildly."
-walsh
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