Is Lack of Belief the Best You Can Do?

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When someone makes a claim, you aren't forced to decide whether you believe the claim is true or that it is false. You can simply have no belief either way.

If you literally couldn't do this, your beliefs could be altered against your will just by being asked questions.

I go into a lot more detail on my website here.

Suffice to say, if you're "just agnostic", then by our definitions you are an atheist. By your definition, you may not be. But it doesn't make the position different. By default, an atheist is an agnostic, and one with no belief that God does or does not exist. In other words, undecided. This is weak atheism. Some atheists may go further and have a positive belief that there is no God, these are strong atheists.

If our weak atheism equals your "just agnostic", then that's fine. You can call yourself whatever you want, but they are the same thing regardless.