RE: Is atheism a belief?
March 3, 2019 at 12:30 pm
(This post was last modified: March 3, 2019 at 12:35 pm by bennyboy.)
(March 3, 2019 at 11:35 am)PRJA93 Wrote: All you're describing is gnostic atheism versus agnostic atheism
Hard atheism is a specific term with a specific meaning. Hard atheism is (atheos + ism), i.e. the assertion that God does not exist. Now, you could be agnostic on that assertion, or gnostic.
As for soft atheism-- if it's not a belief, then you can't really be gnostic or agnostic about it-- that would mean you do know or don't know whether you lack a belief, which would be a pretty convoluted position to take.
I'm not taking a position on the merits of different flavors of atheism, but the terms are there, and they have definite meanings. Try here maybe?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negative_a...ve_atheism
Also, for a look at closely related terms:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antitheism
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignosticism
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nontheism
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-theism
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apatheism
It strikes me that many here may be well described as apatheists.
