atheist vs agnostic
Definitions
adjective
- related to or characterized by or given to atheism
noun
- someone who does not believe in the existence of a god
Examples
We may earnestly believe that they're wrong - whether they're non-Christians, heretics, apostates, agnostics, atheists, or what have you.
A young man who wishes to remain a sound atheist cannot be too careful of his reading. C.S. Lewis
So far is he from admitting the possibility of any dissiliency between the Divine will and absolute right, that he turns the tables on his opponents, and classes among Atheists those of his contemporaries who maintain that God can command what is contrary to the intrinsic right; that He has no inclination to the good of his creatures; that He can justly doom an innocent being to eternal torments; or that whatever God wills is just because He wills it.
Definitions
adjective
- uncertain of all claims to knowledge
- of or pertaining to an agnostic or agnosticism
noun
- someone who is doubtful or noncommittal about something
- a person who claims that they cannot have true knowledge about the existence of God (but does not deny that God might exist)
Examples
I never believed in God, not even between the ages of six and ten, when I was an agnostic.
We may earnestly believe that they're wrong - whether they're non-Christians, heretics, apostates, agnostics, atheists, or what have you.
Of course the appendix has always been subject to inflammation, just as it is now, but in former years the disease we call appendicitis bore various names, depending upon the diagnostic skill of the attending physician.
