• neatchee@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    I’ve always understood the colloquial meanings in practice today to be that atheism is active disbelief where agnosticism is essentially choosing not to choose (for lack of information).

    I understand your point, linguistically and philosophically, but I don’t really think that’s how most people - even atheists and agnostics - use the terms today.

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      4 months ago

      Maybe. It’s worth defining terms before you discuss. I always try to make it clear I view myself as an agnostic atheist.