RE: Is atheism a belief?
January 24, 2019 at 11:57 am
(This post was last modified: January 24, 2019 at 11:58 am by The Grand Nudger.)
(January 24, 2019 at 10:42 am)Acrobat Wrote: No there’s two definitions being employeed here, the traditional distinctions based on belief vs lack of belief, and one in the newer conception where the distinction between knowing and not knowing is emphasized.Here where? I think that the one definition is just fine. A person who doesn't believe in gods is an atheist. A person who does is not.
Quote:The traditional definitions lack a distinction between knowing and not knowing, the newer definition lacks a distinction between believing and not believing........? You mean agnostic atheism and gnostic atheism?
Quote:Depending on which distinction you find most useful, one definition is more useful than the other.
They refer to separate things. One refers to the status of a persons belief, the other the status of their knowledge...neither refers to what you're looking for a distinction for, k, I getcha.
There's a third set of terms you might find helpful, strong and weak. A strong agnostic atheist doesn't believe in gods...they don't know for sure whether gods exist but they -strongly- believe to the contrary. Alot of atheists are this type of atheist by reference to at least -one- god, though they may defer on the subject of some more general god notion.
Don't even get me started on blonde nine fingered six foot plaid wearing weak gnostic atheists. It's alot of qualifiers, you know? Probably take fewer words to just ask a person.
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