Posted: Nov 04, 2016 5:08 pm
Sendraks wrote:Welcome Eli! I'm going to start my welcome by getting into a definitional point with you.eliech wrote: I consider myself Agnostic because although I cannot factually prove the existence of a GOD I cannot factually disprove it either.
I'm guessing you're describing yourself as "agonostic" rather than "atheist" because you've got the wrong idea of what one or both of these words mean.
For clarity, atheist simply means that a person lacks belief in a particular class of entity i.e. deities.
If you don't believe in a god or don't believe in any gods, then you are an atheist. Being an atheist has no bearing on whether you believe there is no god (gnostic atheists) or whether you believe such a thing is unknowable (agnostic atheist).
You're an atheist Eli. Don't shy away from using the term, just because some folk have managed to convince you it means something it doesn't.
This is very helpful to me.
Thank you for bringing some clarity!! Please stay tuned for my next post!
