• Enkrod@feddit.org
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    19 hours ago

    It’s not just about atheism in this, it’s about the gnosticism in combination.

    Gnostic Theism = I am convinced by the claim there is a god. And I know my conviction is correct.

    Agnostic theism = I’m convinced by the claim there is a god, but I don’t know if I’m right about that.

    Agnostic atheism = I’m not convinced by the claim there is a god, and I don’t know if I’m right about that.

    Gnostic atheism = I’m not convinced there is a god. And I know my (negative) conviction is correct.

    Gnostic atheism is often also called positive, strong or hard atheism.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negative_and_positive_atheism

    I’m a strong atheist myself, following this reasoning:

    The “no arguments argument” for atheism:

    • (1) The absence of good reasons to believe that God exists is itself a good reason to believe that God does not exist.
    • (2) There is no good reason to believe that God exists.

    It follows from (1) and (2) that

    • (3) There is good reason to believe that God does not exist.