No it doesn't. Theism is belief in the existence of a god or gods. Just as "atypical" is not- typical, or "asymmetry" is without- symmetry, "atheism" is not- or without- theism.
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So what is an agnostic?
aug 12, 2025, 5:17 am • 1 0 • view
The word "gnostic" comes from a Greek word that means "know," "knowing," "to know." The "a-" prefix applies the same; not- or without-. In this context, an agnostic is one who does not know. Since, re: the gods, there is no knowledge, nobody knows and everyone is agnostic.
aug 12, 2025, 12:07 pm • 0 0 • view
The colloquial usage of agnostic is misused as something in between believers and atheists, but that's wrong. (It makes people feel better, though.) Belief is an absolute state. One either believes or one does not. There is no in-between.
aug 12, 2025, 12:07 pm • 0 0 • view
A person who does not or cannot know there is a god or gods. Most agnostics are also atheists.
aug 12, 2025, 8:50 am • 0 0 • view
Everyone is an agnostic because nobody has any knowledge of the gods. Believers tend to be uncomfortable with this fact.
aug 12, 2025, 12:10 pm • 0 0 • view
Agnostics aren’t atheists. They literally say they don’t know. They are open minded.
aug 12, 2025, 1:47 pm • 0 0 • view