@LikeaSsur said:
@ffdthree said:
EDIT: The lack of evidence is what makes me an agnostic atheist.
You deny any possibility of a higher power (atheism), but also believe that said higher power may or may not exist and it's impossible to prove either way (agnostic)? Aren't you contradicting yourself?
Not at all. The terms aren't mutually exclusive. Think about it like this: theism deals with the belief itself, while gnosticism deals with the knowledge.
Atheism is NOT a denial of any possibility, but simply lacking in belief.
Agnostic Atheism is basically not claiming to KNOW one way or another, but lacking a personal belief that there probably is any god
Agnostic Theism is not claiming to know, but believing there is a higher power
Gnostic theism/atheism is belief one way or the other, but claiming full certainty and knowledge of the existence or nonexistence.
I personally think that Gnosticism one way or the other is impossible when dealing with such a claim.
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