Dragan Glas said:Greetings,
This is where I, and other Agnostics, object to being categorized as "atheist", as the default.australopithecus said:If they don't go either way then they are an atheist by definition as they hold no faith in gods. To say "I'm agnostic" doesn't answer the question.
Our position is one based on knowledge rather than belief, since belief - or lack thereof - does not make something true or false.
Such categorizing - theist or atheist - is a false dichotomy.
At one time in my life, I believed in God - now, I don't know if there is a God or not; that is not to say that I don't believe there is a God.
I simply don't know.
But what happened to your positive belief? You retracted it no? Furthermore you just stated that not knowing something isn't to say you believe it or not...which is exactly what we're talking about. Belief =/= Knowledge, yet belief can be dependent on knowledge if you value that sort of logical pathway on a certain subject. For many atheists Knowledge precedes belief on their position.