RE: Enlightened [Elitist] Agnosticism
March 1, 2015 at 3:46 am
(This post was last modified: March 1, 2015 at 3:47 am by Whateverist.)
You may be surprised to learn there are plenty of atheists who are not eager to accept the agnostic atheist label. They are happy to claim they know no gods exist.
Also, in addition to being an agnostic atheist or theist, one can also just not be interested in answering the question (apatheist) or reject the question for being poorly formed or incoherent (agnosticism). Me, I'm happy to answer yes to all four: don't know, agnostic; don't belief, atheist; don't care, apatheist; and not really clear on what a god is, ignostic. I'm not willing to reject discussing the topic altogether just on account of "god" being poorly defined. And my lack of fucks to give doesn't prevent my admitting I harbor no belief in gods, zero. Doesn't mean I know they don't exist, can't very well know that with such a wiggly definition of god. In fact I can provide a definition so unsatisfying to a theist that I could believe in that sort of god.
Also, in addition to being an agnostic atheist or theist, one can also just not be interested in answering the question (apatheist) or reject the question for being poorly formed or incoherent (agnosticism). Me, I'm happy to answer yes to all four: don't know, agnostic; don't belief, atheist; don't care, apatheist; and not really clear on what a god is, ignostic. I'm not willing to reject discussing the topic altogether just on account of "god" being poorly defined. And my lack of fucks to give doesn't prevent my admitting I harbor no belief in gods, zero. Doesn't mean I know they don't exist, can't very well know that with such a wiggly definition of god. In fact I can provide a definition so unsatisfying to a theist that I could believe in that sort of god.
