Some people use 'agnostic' because 'atheist' too confrontational.
Confrontational is a good thing though, because we need to be confrontational. So long as we live in a society where children are taught from a young age that you can trust a 2000 year old book over ever changing science, confrontation is needed. So long as religious leaders push to deny rights to gays and lesbians, confrontation is needed.
I'd say most atheists could easily classify themselves as 'agnostic'. Sure, there's some jerks out there who call themselves Atheists. Stack them up against the jerks who call themselves Christians, and see which group is worse.
Confrontational is a good thing though, because we need to be confrontational. So long as we live in a society where children are taught from a young age that you can trust a 2000 year old book over ever changing science, confrontation is needed. So long as religious leaders push to deny rights to gays and lesbians, confrontation is needed.
I'd say most atheists could easily classify themselves as 'agnostic'. Sure, there's some jerks out there who call themselves Atheists. Stack them up against the jerks who call themselves Christians, and see which group is worse.
The whole tone of Church teaching in regard to woman is, to the last degree, contemptuous and degrading. - Elizabeth Cady Stanton
