Agnostics

[Thumpalumpacus]

Here are some god related questions and the isms to which each gives rise if the answer is no:

1. Do you believe in the existence of God/gods?  No = atheism

2. Do you know if God/gods exist?  No = agnosticism

3. Do you understand what "God"/"gods" refers to?  No = ignosticism

4. Do you care if God/gods exist?  No = apatheism


For me it is no across the board.  I believe you must answer yes to the third question in order answer the first question definitively thereby accepting the burden of proof in the bargain.  Because of my position on the third question, I feel no more able to back up the general statement that no God/gods exist than I would be to argue in favor of the existence of gods.  For that reason hard atheists come off looking as foolish gnostic theists when they try to say something definitive about gods.

Emphasis mine

See, there you go. It follows from that if you do believe in the existent of gods, you are a theist, if you don't, you're an atheist. There is no position in between. Agnostic is merely an additional description of the two.

Agnosticism describes a state of knowledge, not belief, whch is why I'm both agnostic and atheist.