He's not just an agnostic. He is also an atheist, no matter if he wants to avoid that term or not.
Belief is the psychological state in which an individual holds a proposition or premise to be true.
To hold the premise that a god exists to be true is theism. If one does not hold the premise that a god exist to be true, they are an atheist.
I'll bet a years salary that Neil Degrass Tyson does not hold that the premise that a god exists to be true. And therefore, no matter what he may call himself, he is an atheist.
Belief is the psychological state in which an individual holds a proposition or premise to be true.
To hold the premise that a god exists to be true is theism. If one does not hold the premise that a god exist to be true, they are an atheist.
I'll bet a years salary that Neil Degrass Tyson does not hold that the premise that a god exists to be true. And therefore, no matter what he may call himself, he is an atheist.
You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.
