tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2926115586888115954.post1445699736769527131..comments2007-09-03T10:15:08.025-05:00Jeff Heberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13732306951663286466noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2926115586888115954.post-90567997193922823932007-09-03T10:15:00.000-05:002007-09-03T10:15:00.000-05:00I should probably make a separate post about agnosticism. Basically an agnostic is someone who asserts that the existence or non-existence of a god is unknowable. Those agnostics who acknowledge that essential uncertainty but personally believe gods do exist -- even though they can't <I>know</I> -- are theists. Those who acknowledge that essential uncertainty but personally do not have a belief in the existence of gods -- even though they can't <I>know</I> -- are atheists.<BR/><BR/>Agnosticism (whether or not it's possible to know for sure if there's a god) is a different axis from the presence or absence of the belief itself. You can be an agnostic who believes in a god and thus is a theist, or you can be an agnostic who does not have a belief in any god and thus are an atheist. <BR/><BR/>You can also be a theist or atheist who believes agnosticism to be false -- that is, you believe that it <I>is</I> possible to know whether or not god exists (at least beyond a reasonable doubt).<BR/><BR/>Hope that makes at least some kind of sense.Jeff Heberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13732306951663286466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2926115586888115954.post-70630624556257526132007-09-03T09:36:00.000-05:002007-09-03T09:36:00.000-05:00i personally am more of the active, negative type of atheist you describe. but i wonder, where do you draw the line between atheist and agnostic?Dirk Gentlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05210065444706441795noreply@blogger.com