deskpro2k3 said:
Peh said:
If you quote William L. Rowe than quote him correctly in the context he was saying it:
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No, I like to get straight to the point, but you are right though.
If I wanted to compare Agnostic to Atheism, I would just say; Atheism would go out and preach that god don't exist, whereas Agnostic will remine skeptical.
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Atheism and agnosticism are not mutually exclusive categories, and atheism does not go out and "preach" god doesn't exist.
Atheism is a position regarding belief in a deity. Atheists are not convinced their is a god, which is different from saying god does not exist. A theist in contrast is convinced there is a god.
Gnosticism and agnosticism regard knowledge. Gnostic means you know something, agnostic means you do not.
An agnostic atheist does not believe there is a god, but does not claim to know.
An agnostic theist believes there is a god, but does not claim to know.
A gnostic atheist claims to know there is no god.
A gnostic theist claims to know that there is a god.
There is no way to compare atheism and agnosticisms. They address a different prong of the question.