Comment on (Religious) What would i be labeled?
DebatableRaccoon@lemmy.ca 1 week ago
I’d say YoFrodo’s answer of apatheusm is possibly the closest you’re going to get, but speaking in general terms of not believing or caring one way or the other, you’d be agnostic, not an atheist. Atheism is the belief that there are no gods and out right rejection in the belief of any gods. Those saying you’re atheist don’t know what one is.
bostonbananarama@lemmy.world 1 week ago
No, not quite. Atheism is not believing in a god, it doesn’t mean you claim there is not a god. A subtle difference, but it is the difference between not believing, and believing not. Also, agnosticism isn’t a middle ground between theism and atheism, there is no middle ground, as it is dichotomous. Agnosticism speaks to knowledge, or what you claim to know. So, a person could be an agnostic atheist, or an agnostic theist.
DebatableRaccoon@lemmy.ca 1 week ago
Maybe look up atheism then try correcting your own comment instead of mine.
bostonbananarama@lemmy.world 1 week ago
What I said is absolutely correct. If you have a disagreement perhaps you should be more clear and less snarky.
DebatableRaccoon@lemmy.ca 1 week ago
Sorry but it really is. Basic language (a)theism is the antithesis to theism, meaning non-belief. Otherwise, that’s what we have “agnostic” for. Like I said, correct yourself before someone who’s got more of a clue.
Sidhean@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Maybe look up atheism then try correcting your own comment instead of theirs :)
In all seriousness, I think your definitions are a few centuries out of date. It’s been drifting toward meaning a-gnostic instead of undecided. Contemporarily, it’s used to explain one’s believed level of knowledge on a claim. I can, for instance, be agnostic toward plate tectonics, and be made gnostic of them by evidence.
DebatableRaccoon@lemmy.ca 1 week ago
Sounds like you need to look it up too.