Agnosticism says that you can't know (because it is not proven either way) and therefore, you don't necessarily believe (but you don't necessarily disbelieve). Agnostics can straddle the fence or sit on either side of it (making it easy to mistake agnosticism for atheism).
atheists specifically believe that there is no God or Gods, that thousands of years of lack of proof constitutes evidence that such things do not exist. That, in itself, makes it more of a religion because, as I said, atheists take it on faith that there isn't a God. Agnostics simply say that there is no proof one way or other.
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Date: 2007-03-02 10:22 pm (UTC)Agnosticism says that you can't know (because it is not proven either way) and therefore, you don't necessarily believe (but you don't necessarily disbelieve). Agnostics can straddle the fence or sit on either side of it (making it easy to mistake agnosticism for atheism).
atheists specifically believe that there is no God or Gods, that thousands of years of lack of proof constitutes evidence that such things do not exist. That, in itself, makes it more of a religion because, as I said, atheists take it on faith that there isn't a God. Agnostics simply say that there is no proof one way or other.