Tintin:
Atheism is about belief. Agnosticism is about knowledge
The atheist says 'I don't believe' [due to a lack of credible evidence]
The agnostic says "I don't know" or "I think there is a god/creative source etc, but he is unknowable"
The agnostic atheist (which describes most atheists on this forum) asserts: I do not believe in god(s). However, I do not claim to KNOW.I concede I may be wrong,no matter how unlikely I think that might be. EG Richard Dawkins says he's 6.9 on a scale of 1 to 7.
The agnostic (or soft/weak) atheist makes no claims, so has no burden of proof,needing to prove nothing. The obligation is on the believer to prove his claims, not on us to disprove them.
The hard atheist asserts "'there is no god' or "I believe there is no god",sometimes even "I KNOW there is no God". These are positive claims and attract the burden of proof as much as any claim made by a believer. Hard atheists are in the distinct minority among atheists as far as I can tell..
Atheism is about belief. Agnosticism is about knowledge
The atheist says 'I don't believe' [due to a lack of credible evidence]
The agnostic says "I don't know" or "I think there is a god/creative source etc, but he is unknowable"
The agnostic atheist (which describes most atheists on this forum) asserts: I do not believe in god(s). However, I do not claim to KNOW.I concede I may be wrong,no matter how unlikely I think that might be. EG Richard Dawkins says he's 6.9 on a scale of 1 to 7.
The agnostic (or soft/weak) atheist makes no claims, so has no burden of proof,needing to prove nothing. The obligation is on the believer to prove his claims, not on us to disprove them.
The hard atheist asserts "'there is no god' or "I believe there is no god",sometimes even "I KNOW there is no God". These are positive claims and attract the burden of proof as much as any claim made by a believer. Hard atheists are in the distinct minority among atheists as far as I can tell..
