I’m curious if there’s a name to the belief I have. I wouldn’t exactly call it atheist, though i generally lean that way, but I wouldn’t call it non-theist. The thing is, I just plain don’t care if God exists or not. They could, or they couldn’t, it really has no bearing on how I live my life. For that reason along I think I go in the atheist camp, but I always thought that was used to describe people who don’t think he exists.

  • DebatableRaccoon@lemmy.ca
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    3 months ago

    Sorry but it really is. Basic language (a)theism is the antithesis to theism, meaning non-belief. Otherwise, that’s what we have “agnostic” for. Like I said, correct yourself before someone who’s got more of a clue.

    • bostonbananarama@lemmy.world
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      3 months ago

      Theism is belief in a god, atheism is a lack of belief. Atheism is not necessarily a belief that god does not exist. Gnostic is about knowledge and not belief, which is why you can have an agnostic theist. Agnostic is not a middle ground between theism and atheism, there is no middle ground. I can correct you, but I can’t make you understand it.

      • DebatableRaccoon@lemmy.ca
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        3 months ago

        And I can’t beat knowledge into the unreceptive, ignorant and assumptive, so I guess we’re at an impasse.

        • bostonbananarama@lemmy.world
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          3 months ago

          Yes, I’m on one side, with dictionaries, etymology, and the majority of atheists, and you’re on the other side. I would agree with you but then we’d both be wrong.

          Google:

          noun: atheism. disbelief or lack of belief in the existence of God or gods.

          Gnostic - adjective. relating to knowledge, especially esoteric mystical knowledge.

          Me:

          Theism is belief in a god, atheism is a lack of belief. Atheism is not necessarily a belief that god does not exist.

          Gnostic is about knowledge and not belief