From: Samael (samael@dial.pipex.com)
Date: Sat Jan 09 1999 - 04:59:06 MST
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From: Dick.Gray@bull.com <Dick.Gray@bull.com>
>Technically, by definition you're an atheist. Don't be afraid of the word.
>It simply means "absence of belief in a god or gods".
According to my dictionary it means 'one who denies there is a god(s)'
>You're also technically correct in not referring to yourself as an
>agnostic, since agnosticism is a position regarding the possibility of
>knowledge: specifically that knowledge about a given topic is unattainable
>in principle. This, I assume, is not your opinion.
Again, according to my dictionary, an agnostic is one who holds no opinion
on the existence or lack thereof of god(s).
ie a-gnostic = without knowledge.
This is also what I was taught whilst studying philosophy.
Samael
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