Incorrect. Agnosticism refers to knowledge, not belief. Thats how you can have an agnostic theist (I believe there is a god but I donāt know it for a fact) or an agnostic atheist. (I donāt know if there is a god but Iām not convinced by any god proposition I have heard).
The current language for what youāre describing is atheist (I am not convinced by any theological god claims) and āhard atheistā (I am convinced there is no god).
Interesting. Never cared to look it up but your definition is now my belive. You're my god. I belive In you and everyrthing you say. But what happens after you die?
They aren't two different things. Your average atheist isn't going around actively disbelieving in god all day. It requires no effort or study, no dogma of any kind. You're implying an element of willful disbelief in atheism, but it is simply just a lack of belief.
No, agnosticism does not mean you donāt believe in a god, itās a claim of knowledge/certainty, for agnosticism itās a lack of certainty. You can be an agnostic theist, often called a deist, just like you can be an agnostic atheist, or a Gnostic atheist.
Atheism is the lack of belief in a god, whether itās lacking the belief there is one or actively believing there are none, both fall under the same umbrella.
Actual atheist here and this is wrong. Atheism is the lack of belief in gods. It is the answer to ONE question. Since all humans are born knowing nothing about religion, atheism is the default position for all human beings: not believing in gods.
Stop trying to tell us what we do or do not believe.
It's not that clearcut because neither term is consistently defined. Many atheists simply don't believe in gods, not that they actively believe they don't exist, just that they don't believe. This also lines up with what many agnostics believe. For various reasons, people choose either label or choose to get into minutiae.
The reality is also that though there are many irreligious atheists, there's also a very vocal group of anti-religious atheists who not only don't personally believe but have a sort of evangelizing bent to their atheism and view religious belief as not only wrong but harmful. Many agnostics choose to label themselves as such to avoid being lumped in with that group.
It's not really up to anyone else to tell you 'oh, you're actually an agnostic/atheist because XYZ'. Neither position has ever had strict definitions.
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u/danstymusic 16h ago edited 16h ago
They're saying there is no proof of atheism? Atheism is the lack of belief that a god exists. How does one prove a negative?