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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Gnosticism refers to knowing.  The opposite of knowing is not knowing.  As an agnostic I don’t know if there is a higher power, and if there is I don’t know how it manifests.  Some agnostics, like me, also believe that it is impossible to know.

That not knowing is different from atheism.  Theism is the belief in God or gods.  The opposite of that is the belief that there are no gods.  That is completely different from agnosticism.

Someone who is areligious is someone who doesn’t follow an organized religious tradition.  You can believe in a higher power and be areligious.  You can also be like me and participate in an organized religion even though you are agnostic or even atheist.  [/quote]

This is great. Thank you PP.
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Except pp is not quite right.  Atheism is simply not believing in god or gods and not celebrating God in any way.   No one knows for sure that there are no Gods.  Some atheists - and agnostics too - might sincerely think that there are no gods, but they don't know because God - like Santa Claus - is invisible.   We now know that God, if there is one, does not live in heaven, because we've been to heaven, in space ships, and we know  there's no air up there.

Atheism is not "completely different" from agnosticism, as said above.  They do have different meanings, though.  Agnosticism means not knowing and atheism means not being a theist (not believing in God) Atheists, if they think about it, will identify as agnostic atheists, because they neither know nor believe.  No one knows - some people believe, though.
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No one ever said heaven is just above the stratosphere.

If God created the sun, moon and stars, that's not where God lives, unless God hired a heck of a moving company. [/quote]

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