Atheism

Atheism is not the same as agnosticism: agnostics say that there is no way to know whether gods exist or not.^[1] Being an agnostic does not have to mean a person rejects or believes in god. Some agnostics are theists, believing in god. The theologian Kierkegaard is an example. Other agnostics are atheists. Gnosticism refers to a claim of knowledge. A gnostic has sufficient knowledge to make a claim. Adding an a, meaning "without", before the word gnostic results in agnostic, or literally, "without knowledge".

While theism refers to belief in one or more gods, gnosticism refers to knowledge.^[2] In practice, most people simply identify as a theist, atheist, or agnostic.

1. ↑ Smart, J.J.C. (2011). "Atheism and Agnosticism". Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
2. ↑ Keller, P. (2021, December 16). Gnostic atheism: The knowledge that there is no god. Fadewblogs. Retrieved December 22, 2021, from https://www.fadewblogs.eu.org/2021/12/Gnostic-atheism.html