Yeah, I'd say we've got finer gradations within each of the terms.
Atheist could mean: I don't believe there is a god I believe there is NOT a god. It is impossible for there to be a god.
Agnostic could cover the three positons in my other comment: I don't know I can't know It's impossible to know.
Theist could cover the same range of gradations: I belive that there is a god I know that there is a god There MUST be a god for X to work the way it does.
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Re: a late arrival
Date: 2007-12-04 03:39 pm (UTC)Atheist could mean:
I don't believe there is a god
I believe there is NOT a god.
It is impossible for there to be a god.
Agnostic could cover the three positons in my other comment:
I don't know
I can't know
It's impossible to know.
Theist could cover the same range of gradations:
I belive that there is a god
I know that there is a god
There MUST be a god for X to work the way it does.