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[-] mortemtyrannis@lemmy.ml 7 points 6 days ago

Agnosticism ≠ Atheism

Atheism is a question of belief I do not believe in a god.

Agnosticism is a question of knowledge I do not know if there is a god.

You can be an agnostic atheist.

[-] Abracadaniel@hexbear.net 9 points 6 days ago

This can get sticky sometimes because academic philosophers uses a different definition of the word "atheism"

To them, "Atheism" is the position that "There is no god". The distinction has led to some annoying conversations in the past for me.

[-] Acute_Engles@hexbear.net 6 points 6 days ago

This was my go-to argument when i was an internet atheist and someone would say they're not atheist they're agnostic.

Nobody appreciated this at the time lol

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