Don't tell a Religious person "There is no God"

[Pat Mustard]

It's not agnosticism, a lot of atheists will happily admit they "don't know" because no one can. Atheism is a lack of belief in god, not a belief there is no god, it's never safe to assert you know something 100% sure.

One can be both agnostic and atheist.

As far as I know, I have never encountered a gnostic atheist here (although I have in other forums). Strong atheists, yes (I believe there is no God). Not gnostic, though.

Actually, when it comes to specific gods I am a gnostic atheist. When talking about a being in general for which it would be appropriate to call them god, then I'm agnostic, because it is possible that such a being exists, though under our current knowledge of reality quite improbable.

The reason why I'm gnostically atheist wrt yhwh and his two bastard children god and alllah, thor, zeus, aphrodite, brahma and all those other gods is that it is clear when you examine the mythos behind each of them that they are figments of human imagination, stories used to explain phenomena beyond the grasp of the people who invented the stories or to excuse the worst excesses of the human psyche by showing so-called greater beings being just as bad, or simply invented to bilk the gullible out of their monies. It doesn't take much to disprove a specific god, a thorough understanding of their holy books or stories is enough.