Not that there's anything good about this, but hearing that both Steven Pinker and Richard Dawkins "resigned" from whatever honorary positions they had with the FFRF rather made my heart sink.

I was a linguistics student for a time, and Pinker's books always had a sociolinguistic aspect to them, but I never saw transphobia. It was admittedly a while back, so it really wasn't yet settling into the national consciousness.

I also admired Dawkins' writing style; again, I saw nothing transphobic.

So for both of these guys to be like "nope, you should have totally kept a piece up that says transwomen should have fewer rights and options" is, maybe, the final insult of 2024.

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[–] FrederikNJS@lemm.ee 9 points 6 days ago

Agnosticism and gnosticism are actually not so much about doubt, but whether it is possible to know.

An Agnostic says it's not possible to know whether there is a god or not.

A Gnostic says it's possible to know whether there is a god or not

An Atheist says they don't believe a god exists

A Theist says they believe a god exists.

You can be an Agnostic Atheist. "I don't believe in god, but I don't think it can be proven god doesn't exist."

Or a Gnostic Atheist. "I don't believe in a god, and I think we can prove God doesn't exist."

Or an Agnostic Theist. "I think God exists, but I don't think we can prove it. You just have to believe"

Or a Gnostic Theist. "I think God exists, and I think we can find proof."