(September 26, 2012 at 2:37 pm)Blackrook Wrote: I have a lot of respect for agnostics. They at least are honest in saying there is no way to prove that God does not exist.We go further than that; agnostics generally believe you can't prove God's existence either way. I go further still, and argue that it is impossible for humans to ever know (in an absolute sense) anything. Given that we exist entirely inside our own fallible minds, and experience everything through fallible (and often flawed) senses, we cannot trust our own judgements on the truth values of anything. Nor can we trust the judgement of others, given that we interact with them via our sense as well.
In short, it's all about what we believe.
Quote:Atheists, on the other hand, assert that God does not exist, and then refuse to ever provide any proof for that assertion.Well, some atheists assert that, but they are in the minority (at least, according to polls I've seen, and polls on this site). Most simply state that they lack a belief in God, which is what I do. Hence my label "agnostic atheist". I'm an atheist since I don't believe in God, and I'm an agnostic since I don't believe the existence of God can be proved one way or the other.