tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11516215.post3071499600462939151..comments2008-02-18T18:54:41.804-08:00J.L. Hinmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06957529748541493998noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11516215.post-7677123853296676822008-02-18T18:54:00.000-08:002008-02-18T18:54:00.000-08:00amuel Skinner<BR/>Why the heck do people keep on doing this? Agnosticism is a knowledge position; atheism and theism are belief positions. Everyone who has never heard of god is an agnostic atheist- they lack belief. Strong atheists are those who assert god does not exist. So babies are agnostic atheists, while I myself am a strong atheist.<BR/><BR/><BR/><B>another one proud to be culturally illiterate. atheism is cultural illiteracy.</B><BR/><BR/>This isn't something that can really be debated- <BR/><BR/><B>we just did</B><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>you can use agnosticism to mean "someone who doesn't believe in god" and atheist to mean "someone who rejects the idea of god's existance", but at that point your writing your own definitions. The origional definition coined by Huxley was about knowledge.<BR/><BR/>Someone else can comment on the rest. For the love of Stardock; I run into this all the time...<BR/><BR/>10:58 PM<BR/><BR/><B>another "free thinker" alarmed by thought.</B>J.L. Hinmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06957529748541493998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11516215.post-5506128307126113432008-02-17T22:58:00.000-08:002008-02-17T22:58:00.000-08:00Samuel Skinner<BR/>Why the heck do people keep on doing this? Agnosticism is a knowledge position; atheism and theism are belief positions. Everyone who has never heard of god is an agnostic atheist- they lack belief. Strong atheists are those who assert god does not exist. So babies are agnostic atheists, while I myself am a strong atheist. <BR/><BR/>This isn't something that can really be debated- you can use agnosticism to mean "someone who doesn't believe in god" and atheist to mean "someone who rejects the idea of god's existance", but at that point your writing your own definitions. The origional definition coined by Huxley was about knowledge.<BR/><BR/>Someone else can comment on the rest. For the love of Stardock; I run into this all the time...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com