• ViatorOmnium@piefed.social
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    17 hours ago

    You either believe in god(s) or you don’t. Orthogonally you might be sure of your beliefs or not.

    Most self-described agnostics are agnostic atheists.

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      16 hours ago

      Jesus thank god, only one accurate comment in this thread on the difference between atheists and agnostics.

      They are the answers to two different questions

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      16 hours ago

      So you’re saying that agnosticism is a spectrum of atheism? That belief must be active - if you don’t specifically believe in a god(s) then you’re atheist, and agnosticism describes the level to which you hold that conviction? Seems like a very narrow way of looking at it. What about those who explicitly believe we can’t know if there’s a god (s)?

      I’m interested in the source of your latter assertion as well, I’m taking it to be anecdotal?

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        No. I’m saying it’s orthogonal, but that most self described agnostics are atheists. You can be agnostic and Christian, which, to a point, is even endorsed by the Catholic Church, but agnostic Christians usually just self label as Christian.