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Originally Posted by adysav
McDuffie:
Inability to believe. This would mean that there is no conceivable situation were I could bring myself to believe. (...)
In short, I do not have an inability to believe, it's just that I dont believe under the current circumstances.
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Inability means something different to you than it does to others, I suppose. I am
unable to deadlift 550 lbs. I have the
inability to lift that much pig iron. I am working on it. Despite the fact that I am
unable to lift that much weight, there
is a situation that I can conceive of in which I will be able to lift that much weight.
I don't know if I can continue engaging people who have a proclivity for making up new definitions for words as they go.
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Originally Posted by adysav
Agnosticism has no overlap with theism and "strong" atheism
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Exactly. Most people do not understand that. However, you seem to miss the point that the two are not mutually exclusive either. It's like: what if you said there is no overlap between capitalism and philanthropy. I would agree with you. The two have nothing at all in common, yet I can be a capitalist and a philanthropist at the same time. Or I can be one and not the other. You danced around this fact with your own words, but somehow missed that point:
'Weak' atheism is less commonly known as agnostic-atheism.
'Strong' atheism is less commonly known as gnostic-atheism.
I am a weak, or agnostic atheist. Agnosticsm and atheism are the answers to to entirely different questions. Witness:
Q: Are there such things as gods?
A: I don't know
That is agnosticism. Agnosticism
only addresses knowledge. It never,
ever addresses belief.
Q: Do you believe in gods?
A: No
That is atheism. Atheism
only addresses belief. It never, ever addresses knowledge.
I am not an agnostic leaning towards atheism: I am an agnostic-atheist. I am an atheist
because I am agnostic. I am a weak atheist, which ironically, is the strongest position for an unbeliever, much like fideism is the stronest position for a believer.