• Masterkraft0r@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    atheist is probably fine.

    if you wanna be anal about it:
    atheist - there is no god
    agnostic - i don’t know if there is a god and i don’t care

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      1 year ago

      Atheists don’t claim that there are no gods. It’s is impossible to prove the non-existence of something, so if you make such a claim, you get into belief territory. Most atheists are agnostic atheists, i.e. I’ll be happy to believe in your gods once you present evidence for their existence.

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      1 year ago

      Fwiw, the “a-” prefix (see also “an-”, eg, “anhydrous”) can be described as “without”, “lack of”, or “not”.

      Work out the definition for “theist” and go from there.