Agnosticism and other related labels (Agnosticism)

by romansh , Wednesday, April 30, 2014, 06:31 (3639 days ago) @ dhw

Perhaps this is why Dawkins can claim to be an agnostic, because 6.9 out of 7 allows for the fact that nobody can "know" anything for certain. -This seems perfectly reasonable to me. Can we ever be certain of anything? Well I don't think so, but I bet my life livelyhood on some of them. This uncertainty is the very backbone of sientific method. The things we are reasonably certain of, we test to destruction.-> And this is also why some of us opt for a less rigid definition: we neither believe nor disbelieve in the existence of a god or gods. What exactly is your objection to this definition of agnosticism in its religious context?-I have no objection to this DHW. It is just that there is a large group of people who describe themselves as atheists who use the negative belief version of atheism.-By your definition Dawkins is an agnostic (I think) and this is the type very person you rail against.-On the oterhand we can have agnostic theists who understand they do not "know" god exists but believe it anyway .... fideism