RE: Enlightened [Elitist] Agnosticism
February 12, 2015 at 3:06 pm
(This post was last modified: February 12, 2015 at 3:09 pm by robvalue.)
Lol
I mean, I'd never want to stop people calling themselves whatever they want. I'm just trying to let people know what that's going to mean to someone else.
This business about rejecting claims not being the same as saying the claim is false is subtle. It took me a while to get it myself when I first got serious about atheism. I don't think most people can see the distinction.
I think people want to see agnostic as keeping options open, but atheism does just that. An atheist doesn't by default say there is no God.

I mean, I'd never want to stop people calling themselves whatever they want. I'm just trying to let people know what that's going to mean to someone else.
This business about rejecting claims not being the same as saying the claim is false is subtle. It took me a while to get it myself when I first got serious about atheism. I don't think most people can see the distinction.
I think people want to see agnostic as keeping options open, but atheism does just that. An atheist doesn't by default say there is no God.
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