On Fri, 8 Feb 2008 19:15:21 -0600, "The poster formerly known as
Colleyville
Alan" <nospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> An atheist rejects, an agnostic is unsure.
>No, a is the latin prefix for "not" so, for example, amoral means not
moral
>which is a different concept than immoral. Likewise, atheist means not a
>theist, i.e. not someone who believes.
And a-theist means "not theist". You reject/deny the evidence. If you
were
just unsure of the evidence, you'd be an a-gnostic.
Main Entry:1agŁnosŁtic
1 : a person who holds the view that any ultimate reality (as God) is
unknown
and probably unknowable; broadly : one who is not committed to
believing in
either the existence or the nonexistence of God or a god
2 : a person unwilling to commit to an opinion about something *political
agnostics*
You see, if you're an agnostic, you're not committed to the evidence. If
you're
an atheist, you deny/reject the evidence.
duke, American-American
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