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Originally Posted by afc wimbledon
Except that by definition you cannot be a zealous atheist, it is a belief structure based on proof rather than faith ergo it is just as impossible to disprove as prove the existance of god.
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Since when? I've always understood an atheist is someone who believes there is no god or doesn't believe there is a god. If you are certain there is no god, regardless of evidence/lack thereof, then you are by definition a Gnostic Atheist. Atheism is not by definition based on proof.
Of course, many Athiests base their beliefs on what science has found and due to lack of proof that there is a god, and by definition these are Agnostic Athiests.
It comes down to the difference in the following:.
'I believe there is no god' vs 'I don't believe there is a god'.
A Gnostic Athiest will be a person who thinks a long the lines of the first statement, as to belief is to be certain in your own mind, regardless of the evidence.
An Agnostic Athiest will think along the lines of the second statement. Their don't believe there is a god due to to lack of evidence. They are uncertain and profess an unbelief as opposed to a belief.
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Agnostic Thiests/Athists
think there is/isn't a god, while Gnostic Thiests/Athiests
believe there is/isn't a god.