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* \\\"atheistic\\\" (not believing in God) for \\\"aesthetic\\\" (related to the beauty of something). IGN\\\'s guide to \\\'\\\'TheMovies\\\'\\\' probably did not mean to say that \\\"[s]creen fades are purely atheistic\\\".
** Also, atheistic means you disbelieve in the existence of a god. Agnostic refers to someone who feels there is insufficient evidence to decide one way or the other.
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**That distinction is not standard. Also, \\\"atheist\\\" is both a noun and an adjective. There is no need to add an \\\"-ic\\\" at the end.
Whoever posted the above has clearly not consulted a good etymological dictionary, for both the definitions quoted are \\\'\\\'the\\\'\\\' standard ones (refs: [[http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=agnostic agnostic]], [[http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=atheist atheist]]). Also, as the second one shows, although \\\"atheist\\\" is indeed an adjective as well as a noun, \\\"atheistic\\\" is also perfectly valid and may be preferable in some contexts.
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* \\\"atheistic\\\" (not believing in God) for \\\"aesthetic\\\" (related to the beauty of something). IGN\\\'s guide to \\\'\\\'TheMovies\\\'\\\' probably did not mean to say that \\\"[s]creen fades are purely atheistic\\\".
** Also, atheistic means you disbelieve in the existence of a god. Agnostic refers to someone who feels there is insufficient evidence to decide one way or the other.
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**That distinction is not standard. Also, \\\"atheist\\\" is both a noun and an adjective. There is no need to add an \\\"-ic\\\" at the end.
Whoever posted the above has clearly not consulted a good etymological dictionary, for both the definitions quoted are \\\'\\\'the\\\'\\\' standard ones (refs: [[http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=agnostic agnostic]], [[http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=atheist atheist]]). Also, as the second one shows, although \\\"atheist\\\" is indeed an adjective as well as a noun, \\\"atheistic\\\" is also perfectly valid and may be preferable in some contexts.
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** Also, atheistic means you disbelieve in the existence of a god. Agnostic refers to someone who feels there is insufficient evidence to decide one way or the other.]]
**That distinction is not standard. Also, \\\"atheist\\\" is both a noun and an adjective. There is no need to add an \\\"-ic\\\" at the end.
Whoever posted the above has clearly not consulted a good etymological dictionary, for both the definitions quoted are \\\'\\\'the\\\'\\\' standard ones (refs: [[http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=agnostic agnostic]], [[http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=atheist atheist]]). Also, as the second one shows, although \\\"atheist\\\" is indeed an adjective as well as a noun, \\\"atheistic\\\" is also perfectly valid and may be preferable in some contexts.
** Also, atheistic means you disbelieve in the existence of a god. Agnostic refers to someone who feels there is insufficient evidence to decide one way or the other.]]
**That distinction is not standard. Also, \\\"atheist\\\" is both a noun and an adjective. There is no need to add an \\\"-ic\\\" at the end.
Whoever posted the above has clearly not consulted a good etymological dictionary, for both the definitions quoted are \\\'\\\'the\\\'\\\' standard ones (refs: [[http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=agnostic agnostic]], [[http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=atheist atheist]]). Also, as the second one shows, although \\\"atheist\\\" is indeed an adjective as well as a noun, \\\"atheistic\\\" is also perfectly valid and may be preferable in some contexts.
