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| quote: | Originally posted by beema
Sounds about right, kind of like a borderline Atheist? |
Sort of. Not really though, although the two are closely related. There are actually two common atheistic positions. One is strong atheism, which asserts that god cannot and does not exist, full stop. That is generally referred to as strong atheism (From memory Diginut is a strong atheist, he might be able to expand on this if you've got any queries). Then there's 'weak' atheism (which is what I subscribe to), which is essentially a disbelief in the existence of god. It isn't ruling it out, but the weak atheist asserts that the burden of proof is on the theist (as does strong atheism, mind you), and until some evidence for the existence of god is presented or discovered, then one must assume that god does not exist, just as one assumes that invisible flying elephants don't exist.
An agnostic might believe that it is impossible to know either way, therefore bringing them into direct conflict with the strong atheist position, or they may simply consider the question unimportant. Personally, I think that the first position is far more reasonable than the second , as I think that the existence of god is a fundamentally important issue that everyone should confront/consider eventually.
The chap in my avatar (Bertrand Russell) was an agnostic philosopher & mathematician, and is generally considered to be one of the greatest thinkers ever to have lived, so you're in good company. 
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