Atheists, Deists, Agnostics, Lay Worshippers and Dogmatic Worshippers: What Are They?
rather than an actual distaste or disagreement for the opposing view. The five groupings to which faiths roughly fall under will be listed here, from those with least faith to those with most. Atheism: An Atheist is someone who believes that there are no gods and no spiritual significance to the universe. They believe that material existence is all that there is to everything, and hence no god or divine beings exist. One argument that often arises against atheists is that they are making an equal leap of faith to believe with certainty that there is nothing as religious people are making by believing in something. Another argument often presented against atheism is that it leads to nihilism, the rejection of all moral values. Agnosticism: An agnostic is a person that believes the truth is ultimately unknowable and consequently rejecting or accepting any one belief is flawed. As such, an agnostic is primarily a doubter. It can also be added that agnostics have a sway towards a specific
