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About atheism
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RE: About atheism
May 4, 2012 at 5:40 pm (This post was last modified: May 4, 2012 at 5:42 pm by Napoléon.)
(May 4, 2012 at 3:43 pm)Jodin Wrote: I have never really grasped what an agnostic is, but i know that i want to be on one side. I don't want to stand in the middle undecided.

Agnosticism doesn't deal with what you believe. It deals with what you know.

You are either agnostic about something (you don't know for sure) or you are gnostic (you know for sure). This can be applied to anything, not just gods.

Atheism and theism on the other hand don't have anything to do with knowledge, but rather they concern belief in god.

So in essence:

Gnostic: I know something for sure

Agnostic: I don't know/can't know something for sure

Theist: I believe in god.

Atheist: I don't believe in god.


So you can describe yourself as an agnostic atheist (which is what myself and many others here are). All that simply means is I cannot be sure for certain (agnostic) but I don't believe (atheist) in god.

Hope that clears it up for you.
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About atheism - by Jodin - May 4, 2012 at 2:25 pm
RE: About atheism - by Paul the Human - May 4, 2012 at 2:28 pm
RE: About atheism - by Jodin - May 4, 2012 at 2:37 pm
RE: About atheism - by Napoléon - May 4, 2012 at 2:54 pm
RE: About atheism - by Minimalist - May 4, 2012 at 6:57 pm
RE: About atheism - by Anomalocaris - May 4, 2012 at 2:41 pm
RE: About atheism - by Paul the Human - May 4, 2012 at 2:41 pm
RE: About atheism - by Faith No More - May 4, 2012 at 2:48 pm
RE: About atheism - by Jodin - May 4, 2012 at 2:55 pm
RE: About atheism - by Napoléon - May 4, 2012 at 3:03 pm
RE: About atheism - by Jodin - May 4, 2012 at 3:20 pm
RE: About atheism - by Paul the Human - May 4, 2012 at 3:26 pm
RE: About atheism - by Napoléon - May 4, 2012 at 3:28 pm
RE: About atheism - by Jodin - May 4, 2012 at 3:37 pm
RE: About atheism - by Napoléon - May 4, 2012 at 3:39 pm
RE: About atheism - by Jodin - May 4, 2012 at 3:43 pm
RE: About atheism - by Napoléon - May 4, 2012 at 5:40 pm
RE: About atheism - by NoMoreFaith - May 4, 2012 at 6:00 pm
RE: About atheism - by Engel - May 4, 2012 at 6:53 pm
RE: About atheism - by Paul the Human - May 4, 2012 at 3:04 pm
RE: About atheism - by Jodin - May 4, 2012 at 3:28 pm
RE: About atheism - by Anomalocaris - May 4, 2012 at 3:06 pm
RE: About atheism - by Paul the Human - May 4, 2012 at 3:00 pm
RE: About atheism - by The Heff - May 4, 2012 at 4:05 pm
RE: About atheism - by Jodin - May 4, 2012 at 7:23 pm
RE: About atheism - by Napoléon - May 5, 2012 at 10:21 am
RE: About atheism - by NoMoreFaith - May 4, 2012 at 7:57 pm
RE: About atheism - by jess_essential - May 4, 2012 at 8:46 pm
About atheism - by el_presidente - May 4, 2012 at 11:51 pm
RE: About atheism - by Reforged - May 5, 2012 at 12:26 pm
RE: About atheism - by Kayenneh - May 5, 2012 at 7:16 pm

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