"Christianity, if false, is of no importance, and if true, of infinite importance. The only thing it cannot be is moderately important."

[o_O.Q]

SpokenTruth said:

o_O.Q said:

seems like you're pretty much stating here that atheist do not believe a deity can exist since you used that to differentiate it from agnosticism... the other atheists that have been arguing with me disagree with you

in summary all 3 or 4 of you have different ideas because you've fallen for a silly linguistic game that's being played, that's obvious to anyone being objective

atheism

noun

 Disbelief or lack of belief in the existence of God or gods.

 

agnostic

noun

 A person who believes that nothing is known or can be known of the existence or nature of God.

 

Source: Oxford dictionary. 

"A person who believes that nothing is known or can be known of the existence or nature of God."

"Disbelief or lack of belief in the existence of God or gods."

...both of these definitions could be used interchangeably

 

whereas there are other definitions that properly distinguish the difference between both terms and i just posted different definitions that are right at the top of google results to demonstrate

" atheism is the rejection of belief that any deities exist. In an even narrower sense, atheismis specifically the position that there are no deities. Atheism is contrasted with theism, which, in its most general form, is the belief that at least one deity exists."

 

which is more logical? to use definitions that do not distinguish terms properly(leading to the erasure of terms as someone in this thread has already done "Agnosticism is simply not a thing." ) or use definitions that show proper differentiation?