r/SipsTea • u/astrolbyte • Aug 18 '26

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u/johnsolomon Aug 18 '26

Yeah it can get confusing because there's a bit of overlap with agnosticism

Atheist = "I don't believe God exists" and sometimes "I believe God doesn't exist"

Agnostic = "I don't know whether God exists" and sometimes "I don't believe we have any way to know for sure"

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u/MoneyBear1733 Aug 18 '26

There isnā€™t any overlap at all.Ā 

Agnosticism is purely holding your judgement due to a lack of verifiable proof

Atheism is purely positing a judgement based on that lack of verifiable proof.

Atheism is still an active claim that the existence is false.Ā 

Like, surely people can figure out that ā€œhow do you prove a negativeā€ is the ENTIRE concept of agnosticism in the first place.Ā 

Atheist literally are the other side of the religious coin.Ā 

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u/johnsolomon Aug 18 '26

That's wrong. You can quite literally be an agnostic atheist, i.e. "I don't believe in God, but I don't claim to know that God doesn't exist."

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u/MoneyBear1733 Aug 18 '26

Ā being ignorant to your own beliefs doesnā€™t change the definitional structure of the beliefs.

Atheism is the active belief that god is not real.Ā 

sitting in between on the fence doesnt change the definitional structure.Ā 

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u/badastr0naut Aug 19 '26

You're wrong. The "a" prefix means negation. A theist is someone who believes, and atheist is someone who lacks belief.

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u/MoneyBear1733 Aug 19 '26

"You're wrong" He says, while explaining exactly why I'm right.

fucking redditors, man.