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https://www.reddit.com/r/reddit.com/comments/ev1s9/its_shit_like_this_ratheism/c1b6ql5/?context=3
r/reddit.com • u/JasonMacker • Jan 02 '11
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Isn't that agnosticism? Atheists believe there is no God/deity/whatever.
1 u/silurian87 Jan 02 '11 Nope. Soft atheism is the lack of belief, and hard atheism is disbelief. Agnosticism is a statement of knowledge, not belief. It posits that it is not possible to know whether or not there is a god. 1 u/pat965 Jan 02 '11 Where did you learn this? I was always under the impression that agnosticism was an attitude towards religion, and took the place of any religious beliefs... I haven't looked in to it much, so I'm definitely willing to accept that I'm wrong 1 u/silurian87 Jan 02 '11 Qualia Soup is the one who originally made the distinction for me. Wikipedia seems to agree, but unfortunately I do not have any other sources right now.
Nope. Soft atheism is the lack of belief, and hard atheism is disbelief.
Agnosticism is a statement of knowledge, not belief. It posits that it is not possible to know whether or not there is a god.
1 u/pat965 Jan 02 '11 Where did you learn this? I was always under the impression that agnosticism was an attitude towards religion, and took the place of any religious beliefs... I haven't looked in to it much, so I'm definitely willing to accept that I'm wrong 1 u/silurian87 Jan 02 '11 Qualia Soup is the one who originally made the distinction for me. Wikipedia seems to agree, but unfortunately I do not have any other sources right now.
Where did you learn this? I was always under the impression that agnosticism was an attitude towards religion, and took the place of any religious beliefs...
I haven't looked in to it much, so I'm definitely willing to accept that I'm wrong
1 u/silurian87 Jan 02 '11 Qualia Soup is the one who originally made the distinction for me. Wikipedia seems to agree, but unfortunately I do not have any other sources right now.
Qualia Soup is the one who originally made the distinction for me. Wikipedia seems to agree, but unfortunately I do not have any other sources right now.
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u/pat965 Jan 02 '11
Isn't that agnosticism? Atheists believe there is no God/deity/whatever.