User:Silence/Theism2
| Theism | Explicit atheism* | Agnosticism | Apatheism | Implicit atheism** | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basic view | "I think God exists." | "I don't think God exists." | "I'm not sure whether God exists." | "I don't care whether God exists." | "Hm? God? Is that a kind of food?" |
| My view is a belief or proposition. | Positive theism | Strong atheism | Positive agnosticism | Positive apatheism | |
| My view is the lack of a belief. | Negative theism | Explicit weak atheism | Negative agnosticism | Negative apatheism | Implicit weak atheism |
| My view is neither; I'm neutral on the matter. | (Neutral) agnosticism | (Neutral) apatheism | |||
| Deities may exist, and may not exist. | Open theism*** | Open explicit atheism | Open agnosticism | Open apatheism | Open implicit atheism |
| Deities definitely exist/don't exist. | Closed theism | Closed explicit atheism | Closed apatheism | ||
| I am completely, 100% sure that deities exist/don't exist. | Strong gnostic**** theism | Strong gnostic explicit atheism | Strong gnostic apatheism | ||
| I can't be 100% sure one way or the other, but I'm close enough to it to weigh in decidedly. | Weak gnostic theism | Weak gnostic explicit atheism | Weak gnostic apatheism | ||
| I can't be 100% sure one way or the other, but I'm close enough to it to weigh in decidedly, and I may someday be able to be 100% sure. | Weak gnostic theism (potential strong gnostic) | Weak gnostic explicit atheism (potential strong gnostic) | Weak gnostic apatheism (potential strong gnostic) | ||
| I can't be sure enough at this point to decide one way or the other, but it may be possible to be completely sure in the future. | Weak agnostic theism (potential strong gnostic) | Weak agnostic atheism (potential strong gnostic) | Weak agnosticism (potential strong gnosticism) | Weak agnostic apatheism (potential strong gnostic) | |
| I can't be sure enough at this point to decide one way or the other, but it may be possible to be reasonably sure in the future. | Weak agnostic theism (potential weak gnostic) | Weak agnostic atheism (potential weak gnostic) | Weak agnosticism (potential weak gnosticism) | Weak gnostic apatheism (potential weak gnostic) | |
| It is impossible to ever be sure enough to decide one way or the other. | Strong agnostic theism | Strong agnostic atheism | Strong agnosticism | Apathetic agnosticism | |
| The question of whether deities exist is highly meaningful and cohesive. | Non-ignostic theism | Non-ignostic explicit atheism | Non-ignostic agnosticism | Non-ignostic apatheism | |
| The question of whether deities exist is totally meaningless and nonsensical. | Ignosticism | Ignostic agnosticism | Ignostic apatheism |
*Using the narrower definition of "atheism", explicit atheism is "Atheism".
**Using the narrower definition of "atheism," implicit atheism is general non-atheistic nontheism; that is, lacking theistic belief without having chosen to deny theism.
***Do not confuse the philosophical "open theism" stance with the Open Theism movement.
****Gnosticism is being used here as the opposite of agnosticism, and should not be confused with the religion Gnosticism.