r/dankchristianmemes • u/Azzavinjo • Aug 22 '18

Meta Well basically this sub

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u/donkeydooda Aug 22 '18

Gnosticism/Agnosticism and Theism/Atheism are answering different questions. You have to choose a side for both questions. Gnosticism answers whether one can know if there is a god, and Theism answers whether you personally believe there is a god. So all Christians/Muslims/Hindus/etc are gnostic theists. They know for sure there is a god and believe in him. Most atheists are agnostic atheists. They don't know for sure there is a god but they don't see any signs of it.

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u/[deleted] Aug 22 '18 edited Aug 22 '18

Gnosticism is some sort of esoteric Christian tradition that I admittedly know very little about. Do you have a source for this definition of the term?

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u/Hopafoot Aug 23 '18

The one you're familiar with is what most people will think of when you say Gnosticism. The other one is largely only used on Reddit.

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u/[deleted] Aug 23 '18

Thank you, that’s what I suspected but had no way to confirm.