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Why in 2024 do people still believe in religion? (serious) (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 week ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] A_Very_Big_Fan@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

These words exist for a reason they mean different things.

Correct, and you're still misusing them according to the people who actually identify with these labels. Atheism is the answer to what you believe, and agnosticism is the answer to what you know.

I don't believe God exists and I don't know if God exists, so I'm an agnostic atheist. For you to assume atheists are gnostic by default is like me assuming Christians are Mormons by default. It'd be even more ridiculous for me to go on and argue with Christians that "Christian" means "Mormon."