(February 15, 2015 at 10:09 am)Mr.wizard Wrote: I think Agnostic is only a pointless term when its used as an answer to the question, "Do you believe in god?"
According to the old nomenclature, we have three categories of people:
- Theists believe gods exist.
- Atheists believe gods do not exist.
- Agnostics (everybody else) don't believe either way.
Most people use the old nomenclature.
For people who use the old nomenclature, "I'm agnostic," is a perfectly good answer to the question, "Do you believe in god?" It has exactly the same meaning as, "I'm a weak atheist," has to users of the new nomenclature.
