RE: Are you Agnostic?
June 23, 2010 at 5:53 pm
(This post was last modified: June 23, 2010 at 5:55 pm by Paul the Human.)
(June 23, 2010 at 5:39 pm)annatar Wrote: you cant prove god's non-existance
... atheists only can say "The existence of God is unlikely" and that means all atheists are agnostic..
That is why I always say that when attached to the word 'atheist', the word 'agnostic' is superfluous. It simply goes without saying. Now, if an atheist believed that he knew for certain there is no god, the word 'gnostic' would be required to differentiate him/her from the default atheism... which is agnostic.
The opposite is true for theists. A 'gnostic theist'. That describes almost ever 'religious person' in the world. They know, without a speck of doubt, that god exists. It's a given. Those who are willing to admit that they cannot know for sure... 'agnostic theists' are different than the default, so the word 'agnostic' is required for clarity.
^ My 2 Cents.