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Originally Posted by Cheese
These split titles amuse me. I am atheist pure and simple, I have absolutely no belief in a God or Gods.
A theist on the other hand is one who believes in a God or Gods and an Agnostic is a fence sitter who either cannot make up their mind about a religion or is too lazy to do the work to determine which side of the fence they would like to sit on.
If an atheist believes that after death there is nothing and a theist believes there is some form of heaven or hell, what does an agnostic believe there is? Bullhorns? Hockey songs?
One of the definitions of an agnostic is "unwilling to commit to an opinion about something".
At least a theist is taking a side and is willing to commit to it.
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I think being agnostic is less about choosing sides, and more about admitting you don't know for certain. I look at that part of it as a very healthy outlook. It's difficult for any of us to know we are right.