There are plenty of gnostic atheists. I would say noticeably so in atheist exclusive spaces, where they say things like “God doesn’t exist” instead of the more data-driven “There’s no proof god exists”. I could pop over to the atheism community here to find plenty of examples of gnostic atheists, but it’s really not worth the effort.
You’re correct that it’s not a rational position to hold, it’s really more of a belief. People get pretty upset when you point it out, so I tend to stay silent about it. I’ll usually refer to myself as “Agnostic”, because people get confused about what I mean when I say “Agnostic Atheist”. It seems like everyone has their own set of definitions for all of these words anyway. We agree on 90% of the important stuff, no point ruining my day with a fight.
Well it depends on your definition of God. And omnipotent being if they existed would clearly be evil. Are they then still divine?
Does merely being powerful then qualify a being for divinity? Gods in many mythologies do not have to be immortal either.
Thus if we use one of the looser definitions of god, every US president in over a century can be considered a god as could various historical figures, gods therefore definitely exist.
I do believe that for many definitions of god, it can be proven they do not exist. And if you define God merely as a powerful entity deserving of human fealty one clearly doesn’t exist.
There are plenty of gnostic atheists. I would say noticeably so in atheist exclusive spaces, where they say things like “God doesn’t exist” instead of the more data-driven “There’s no proof god exists”. I could pop over to the atheism community here to find plenty of examples of gnostic atheists, but it’s really not worth the effort.
You’re correct that it’s not a rational position to hold, it’s really more of a belief. People get pretty upset when you point it out, so I tend to stay silent about it. I’ll usually refer to myself as “Agnostic”, because people get confused about what I mean when I say “Agnostic Atheist”. It seems like everyone has their own set of definitions for all of these words anyway. We agree on 90% of the important stuff, no point ruining my day with a fight.
Well it depends on your definition of God. And omnipotent being if they existed would clearly be evil. Are they then still divine?
Does merely being powerful then qualify a being for divinity? Gods in many mythologies do not have to be immortal either.
Thus if we use one of the looser definitions of god, every US president in over a century can be considered a god as could various historical figures, gods therefore definitely exist.
I do believe that for many definitions of god, it can be proven they do not exist. And if you define God merely as a powerful entity deserving of human fealty one clearly doesn’t exist.