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minus-squareHalfSalesman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoYou can just call yourself an atheist. Hell, if you call yourself a pastafarian you are basically an anti-theist.
minus-squareWoodScientist@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoAtheist and agnostic are not synonyms.
minus-squareSethW@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·29 days agoall agnostics are atheists because they dont believe in god
minus-squareHalfSalesman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·29 days agoThat is not true. There are gnostic athiests and agnostic deists.
minus-squareKacarott@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·30 days agoNo, but if you also find all religions audacious and absurd, then wouldn’t atheist be a more accurate term anyway?
minus-squareZink@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·29 days agoThe words do not mean the same thing, but they often refer to the same people. That is, most self-labeled atheists would be best described as “agnostic atheist” and most self-labeled agnostics would also be best described as “agnostic atheist.”
minus-squareRusty@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·30 days ago I’m anti-theist and I want to slay all gods.
You can just call yourself an atheist. Hell, if you call yourself a pastafarian you are basically an anti-theist.
Atheist and agnostic are not synonyms.
all agnostics are atheists because they dont believe in god
That is not true. There are gnostic athiests and agnostic deists.
No, but if you also find all religions audacious and absurd, then wouldn’t atheist be a more accurate term anyway?
The words do not mean the same thing, but they often refer to the same people.
That is, most self-labeled atheists would be best described as “agnostic atheist” and most self-labeled agnostics would also be best described as “agnostic atheist.”