(April 19, 2020 at 5:49 pm)Prof.Lunaphiles Wrote: So, an agnostic has to be aware of the possible options, and reserve opinion; where as, an atheist does not have to be aware of any options???
It's just getting absurd how you are bending descriptions and not considering the possibility that you need a full list of the related terms, and they all have to be reviewed and classified to assure that all aspects of the possible relationships are accounted for.
That is what science would do - and you are no where near doing that.
You can be agnostic and an atheist or theist.
Being agnostic about something is a statement on knowledge not belief.
For example you can think that it can never be known that a god exists but your default setting is theist therefore you decide to believe in one thinking that this can never be challenged because although you believe in a god you can't think of a way to test it.
So saying you are agnostic is fine, you just have to clarify whether you are an atheist or theist agnostic.
Do you see now?
You can fix ignorance, you can't fix stupid.
Tinkety Tonk and down with the Nazis.