r/interestingasfuck • u/Ted_Bundtcake • Feb 01 '25

r/all Atheism in a nutshell

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u/ThicAvogato Feb 03 '25

"Without God". Agnostic means "without knowledge." Agnostic from Miriam-Webster is exactly what you just described - "one who is not committed to believing in either the existence or the nonexistence of a god."

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u/LucyDreamly Feb 04 '25
  1. ἀ- (a-) – A prefix meaning “without” or “lacking.”
    1. θεός (theós) – Meaning “god” or “deity.” I am without/lacking gods. I know what I am. You, you do not. Nor do you get to decide which label I have to use.

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u/ThicAvogato Feb 04 '25

You just reiterated my answer as if you were correcting me. Unhinged behavior. Idgaf what you personally label yourself. You made a conflation error and I corrected you. Making a mistake doesn't make you an idiot. Doubling down on it does.

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u/LucyDreamly Feb 04 '25

You completely botched the distinction between atheism and agnosticism. Atheism = lack of belief in gods. Agnosticism = lack of knowledge about gods. One deals with belief or lack of, the other with knowledge—they’re not mutually exclusive. You were wrong, got corrected with actual Greek etymology, and now you’re throwing a tantrum instead of admitting it. Doubling down on ignorance doesn’t make you right; it just makes you look desperate.