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Old 01-11-2005, 08:50 AM   #37 (permalink)
McDuffie
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Rekna
You sound agnostic to me not athiest
I am. I am an agnostic-atheist. I am an atheist because I am agnostic.

a = without
gnosis = knowledge

Agnosticism makes no statement about belief; it only addresses knowledge. Agnosticism is not a degree of unbelief as most people think. Most people think it's a halfway point between theism and atheism. It's not.

a = without
theism = god belief

Atheism makes no statement about knowledge of god; it only addresses belief.

Because I am agnostic, I am an atheist. In other words, because I have no knowledge of the existence of god, I cannot possibly profess belief in him/her/it.

I usually just shorten it to 'atheist' though. Gets to the point quicker.
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