RE: What the devil is a "gnostic atheist"?
October 7, 2012 at 4:14 am
(This post was last modified: October 7, 2012 at 5:25 am by Whatkins.)
Agnostic theist - "I don't think we can know if there's a god or not, but I choose to believe in one."
Agnostic atheist - "I don't think we can know if there's a god or not, but I don't believe there is."
Gnostic theist - "I know for certain that there is a god."
Gnostic atheist - "I know for certain that there is no god."
I have never actually heard of the branch of Christianity that you are referring to, so I cannot say when the term shifted to what we know it as today. Gnosticism, as far as I know, relates to what we (think we) know.
Agnostic atheist - "I don't think we can know if there's a god or not, but I don't believe there is."
Gnostic theist - "I know for certain that there is a god."
Gnostic atheist - "I know for certain that there is no god."
I have never actually heard of the branch of Christianity that you are referring to, so I cannot say when the term shifted to what we know it as today. Gnosticism, as far as I know, relates to what we (think we) know.
My candle burns at both ends;
It will not last the night;
But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends -
It gives a lovely light!
It will not last the night;
But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends -
It gives a lovely light!
