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Originally Posted by KagatobLuvsAnimu [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Your posts give the impression that you are more focused on labels than on actual thought processes.

The first issue that I see is your implication that there is either atheist or agnostic when it comes to nonbelief. This is problematic because not only does it set an idea that the two aren't comparable or interchangeable depending on context, but it also ignores stances potentially separate from both, anti-theism and skepticism for example.

I apologise if this post comes off as pretentious, I don't mean to belittle you in any way. It's just that with this subject, context is everything and I honestly don't know exactly what it is that you are actually looking for.

Nope, you are right, I am making a sharp ( possibly unreasonable ) distinction between Atheism and Agnoticism. At some point in the spectrum though, you have to either say you don't know or conclude that no god exists. If you make that conclusion, you are as vulnerable to reason based attacks as the religious types are, but most people I talk to who deny god exists don't seem to realize it.