different between ignosticism vs atheism

English

Etymology

ig- (from ignorant) + gnostic + -ism. Coined by Rabbi Sherwin Wine.

Noun

ignosticism (uncountable)

1. The philosophical position that the question of the existence of God is meaningless, because the term "God" has no coherent and unambiguous definition. It may also be described as the theological position that other theological positions assume too much about the concept of God.

Synonyms

• igtheism

Translations

See also

• agnosticism
• apatheism
• ignostic
• nontheism

English

Wikiquote

Etymology

16th century Middle French athéisme, from athée (“atheist”), a loan from Ancient Greek ????? (átheos, “godless”), from ?- (a-, “without”) + ???? (theós, “deity, god”).First English attestation dates to 1587 (OED).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?e??i?z?m/

Noun

atheism (usually uncountable, plural atheisms)

1. (strictly) Belief that no deities exist (sometimes including rejection of other religious beliefs).
2. (broadly) Rejection of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist).
3. (very broadly) Absence of belief that any deities exist (including absence of the concept of deities).
4. (historical) Absence of belief in a particular deity, pantheon, or religious doctrine (notwithstanding belief in other deities).

Usage notes

The term atheism may refer either to:

• (rejection of belief): an explicit rejection of belief, with or without a denial that any deities exist (explicit atheism),
• (absence of belief): an absence of belief in the existence of any deities (weak atheism or soft atheism),
• (affirmative belief): an explicit belief that no gods exist (strong atheism or hard atheism).

Quotations

For more quotations using this term, see Citations:atheism.

Derived terms

• meta-atheism, metatheism
• neoatheism, neo-atheism
• nonatheism, non-atheism
• antiatheism, anti-atheism
• pseudoatheism, pseudo-atheism

Related terms

Translations

See also

• Appendix:Glossary of philosophical isms

References

• “atheism”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, ?ISBN
• Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Random House, Inc. (31 August 2006).
• Encyclopædia Britannica, Kai Nielsen (2011), keyword ATHEISM
• Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Paul Edwards (1967, 2005), keyword ATHEISM
• Michael Martin, ATHEISM, A Philosophical Justification
• George H. Smith, The Scope of Atheism, in Atheism: The Case Against God (1979)

Anagrams

• Hamites, hamites, has time, meatish, theaism