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Originally Posted by John Wilkes Booth
it's basically semantics tbh. nobody really agrees on what atheism/agnosticism really mean. i can explain it after work if u want or u can just google. long story short tho no atheist i've ever met actually claims to know for sure that there's no god. it's basically the stance that it's more logical to reserve belief in something until there is evidence for it. so like me for example i have no idea why **** exists and i don't pretend to. could be god could not be god. i'll let others decide whether that makes me an atheist or an agnostic or both but i'll throw in the stipulation that my opinion is it's more logical to not make the assumption of god until we get some indication that it's a valid assumption or at least a more probable solution to the problem, which i haven't ever seen so far beyond wishy washy apologetic rhetoric, some of which is very cleverly crafted but ultimately falls short imo.
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Basically, gonisticism and theism are independent axes
You can be one of four things: gnostic atheist, gnostic theist, agnostic atheist, agnostic theist. The point is to separate belief from knowledge. A/theism is about belief a/gnosticism is about knowledge. A gnostic atheist is more likely to be a militant atheist becauase they think they know best. Similarily, gnostic theists are more likely to engage in extremist behavior to force their beliefs on others. Whereas agnostics on both side or more likely to have a co-existence mentality.