Posted by Q on October 06, 1999 at 13:25:35:
In Reply to: both posted by rpcman on October 05, 1999 at 14:04:23:
:Isn't agnosticism(in it's strong form) self-defeating? It implies a total knowledge of everything knowable(water is wet) and unknowable(the exact size of the universe) to say categorically that no one can know God or that a God doesn't exist. I'll grant you though that all theists are limited agnostics in the sense that a Supreme Being can be only partially knowable because of the limitations of human finitude.
Just curious, why bother to redefine atheism? In every dictonary I've been able to lay hands on, atheism is defined as "The belief that there is no God"(Webster Comprehensive Dictionary, International Edition, copyright 1992). In the intrest of having an objective reference point and clear communication, I would think one would desire to stick with established definitions.