Question for freethinkers

[Anymouse]

I think you are applying your own value set to that group. Agnostics are empiricists who have not finished collecting data.

But they still don't believe. Not my value. "a-" (not) "theist" (believer in one or more deities.) And many self-defined agnostics are not empiricists at all. They just say, "I dunno."

One does not need to be an evangelical atheist (there's an interesting juxtaposition of words) (that is, one who does not believe and goes out to convince others that their beliefs are wrong, unfounded, or whatever) to be an atheist. You can be an atheist and just sit at home and never once mention religion.

If atheism is not defined as "non-belief in deities," what is it? Doesn't seem to me there can be middle ground on belief. You either do, or you don't. Why is irrelevant.