Agnostic: a pointless term?

[Alex K]

I'd say I hold at least a similar position as you do, and yet, simply labelling myself agnostic (to the extent that I feel the need to put a label at all) doesn't cut it for me. To use your words, I feel the need to advertise my opinion on how squarely the burden of proof lies with the side making supernatural claims, because it is far from understood by the majority of people. Many people I encounter who call themselves agnostics have a (to me) absolutely annoying habit of denying this one-sided burden of proof, with a fetish for going on about how we can't know anything - with an extra helping of God is love. Basically the Damon Lindelofs of internet discussion.

I don't see the term a pointless. In the truest sense of the greek word, I am agnostic. I don't have proof for the absence of any god or greater force of nature. I simply don't believe there is one, considering all the evidence.

I would consider myself as 99.9% gnostic when it comes to the absence of the biblical god and all it's different franchises. Same goes for all the gods of ancient times.

So all in all, agnostic sits well with me, since the burden of proof has to lie with the ones making the supernatural claims.