Re:America’s Obsession with Self-Help
by psychomugs on Wednesday July 07, 2021 @01:29PM
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Conviction: a fixed or firm belief [dictionary.com]; a strong opinion or belief [Cambridge Dictionary].
Atheism: the doctrine or belief that there is no God [dictionary.com]; the belief that God does not exist [Cambridge Dictionary].
Also, "this person's" father was an atheist, he studied philosophy, and was in-and-out of addiction recovery programs throughout adulthood. He likely had more insight into the minds of non-religious, religious, and whatever people than you're giving him credit for.
I don’t think this person has a lot of insight into the minds of non-religious people.
The part of your post reading “ agnosticism is more diametrically opposed to belief than atheism; the latter is belief in one's own disbelief.” is a misrepresentation of what atheism is. Atheism is the conviction that there is most likely not any higher being. Agnosticism is ”I’m not sure if there is a higher being or not”.